药到病除

Traditional: 藥到病除

yào dào bìng chú

Dictionary entry

lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom)

What does 药到病除 mean?

药到病除 (yào dào bìng chú) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom)

2fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results

3(of a solution or method) highly effective

Character breakdown

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药yàoleaf of the iris · variant of 藥|药[yao4]到dàoto reach; to arrive · to leave for; to go to 病bìngillness · CL:場|场[chang2]除chúto get rid of · to remove

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药到病除

yào dào bìng chú

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