医之好治不病以为功

Traditional: 醫之好治不病以為功

yī zhī hào zhì bù bìng yǐ wéi gōng

Dictionary entry

doctors like to treat those who are not sick so that they can get credit for the patient's "recovery" (idiom)

What does 医之好治不病以为功 mean?

医之好治不病以为功 (yī zhī hào zhì bù bìng yǐ wéi gōng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1doctors like to treat those who are not sick so that they can get credit for the patient's "recovery" (idiom)

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医yīmedical · medicine 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 好hǎogood · appropriate; proper 治zhìto rule · to govern 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-病bìngillness · CL:場|场[chang2]以yǐold variant of 以[yi3]为wéias (in the capacity of) · to take sth as

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医之好治不病以为功

yī zhī hào zhì bù bìng yǐ wéi gōng

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