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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duìzhèngxiàyào
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duèijhèngsiàyào
    • Wade–Giles: tui⁴-chêng⁴-hsia⁴-yao⁴
    • Yale: dwèi-jèng-syà-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueyjenqshiahyaw
    • Palladius: дуйчжэнсяяо (dujčžɛnsjajao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: duìzhèngxiàyàor
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄠˋㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: duèijhèngsiàyàor
    • Wade–Giles: tui⁴-chêng⁴-hsia⁴-yao⁴-ʼrh
    • Yale: dwèi-jèng-syà-yàur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dueyjenqshiahyawl
    • Palladius: дуйчжэнсяяор (dujčžɛnsjajaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ jaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: deoi³ zing³ haa⁶ joek⁶
    • Yale: deui jing hah yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: doey³ dzing³ haa⁶ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dêu³ jing³ ha⁶ yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵy̯³³ t͡sɪŋ³³ haː²² jœːk̚²/

Idiom

對症下藥

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