對症下藥

See also: 对症下药

Chinese

		to target the disease; to target the symptoms	to prescribe medications; to drug; to give someone drugs without their consent to prescribe medications; to drug; to give someone drugs without their consent; to put in poison
trad. (對症下藥)		對症	下藥
simp. (对症下药)		对症	下药

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): duìzhèngxiàyào

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄠˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): deoi³ zing³ haa⁶ joek⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: duìzhèngxiàyào
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄠˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueyjenqshiahyaw
  - IPA ^(key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯a̠⁵¹⁻⁵³ i̯ɑʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: duìzhèngxiàyàor
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄠˋㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueyjenqshiahyaull
  - IPA ^(key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯a̠⁵¹⁻⁵³ jaʊɻʷ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: deoi³ zing³ haa⁶ joek⁶
  - Yale: deui jing hah yeuhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: doey³ dzing³ haa⁶ joek⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dêu³ jing³ ha⁶ yêg⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /tɵy̯³³ t͡sɪŋ³³ hɑː²² jœːk̚²/

Idiom

對症下藥

to suit the medicine to the illness; to suit the remedy to the case; to prescribe the right remedy for an illness

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