換湯不換藥

See also: 换汤不换药

Chinese

		change; exchange	soup; hot water	not; no	change; exchange	medicine; drug; cure
trad. (換湯不換藥)		換	湯	不	換	藥
simp. (换汤不换药)		换	汤	不	换	药

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huàn tāng bù huàn yào

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄊㄤ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wun⁶ tong¹ bat¹ wun⁶ joek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huàn tāng bù huàn yào [Phonetic: huàn tāng bú huàn yào]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄊㄤ ㄅㄨˋ ㄏㄨㄢˋ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huàn tang bù huàn yào
    • Wade–Giles: huan⁴ tʻang¹ pu⁴ huan⁴ yao⁴
    • Yale: hwàn tāng bù hwàn yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huann tang bu huann yaw
    • Palladius: хуань тан бу хуань яо (xuanʹ tan bu xuanʹ jao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯än⁵¹ tʰɑŋ⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ xu̯än⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wun⁶ tong¹ bat¹ wun⁶ joek⁶
    • Yale: wuhn tōng bāt wuhn yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wun⁶ tong¹ bat⁷ wun⁶ joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: wun⁶ tong¹ bed¹ wun⁶ yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuːn²² tʰɔːŋ⁵⁵ pɐt̚⁵ wuːn²² jœːk̚²/

Idiom

換湯不換藥

1. to change only the form but not the content; same old stuff but with a different label