对症下药

Traditional: 對症下藥

duì zhèng xià yào

Dictionary entry

lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it

What does 对症下药 mean?

对症下药 (duì zhèng xià yào) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it

2to take appropriate steps

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对duìright; correct · towards; at; for 症zhèngdisease · illness 下xiàdown · downwards 药yàoleaf of the iris · variant of 藥|药[yao4]

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对症下药

duì zhèng xià yào

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