冬病夏治
dōng bìng xià zhì
Pinyin

Definition

冬病夏治
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dōng bìng xià zhì
  1. to treat winter diseases in the summer (TCM)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

冬
dōng
  1. 1 winter
冬天
dōng tiān
  1. 1 winter
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
冬季
dōng jì
  1. 1 winter
夏
Xià
  1. 1 the Xia or Hsia dynasty c. 2000 BC
  2. 2 Xia of the Sixteen Kingdoms (407-432)
  3. 3 surname Xia
夏天
xià tiān
  1. 1 summer
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
政治
zhèng zhì
  1. 1 politics
  2. 2 political
毛病
máo bìng
  1. 1 fault
  2. 2 defect
  3. 3 shortcomings
  4. 4 ailment
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
治
zhì
  1. 1 to rule
  2. 2 to govern
  3. 3 to manage
  4. 4 to control
  5. 5 to harness (a river)
  6. 6 to treat (a disease)
  7. 7 to wipe out (a pest)
  8. 8 to punish
  9. 9 to research
治疗
zhì liáo
  1. 1 to treat (an illness)
  2. 2 medical treatment
  3. 3 therapy
治愈
zhì yù
  1. 1 to cure
生病
shēng bìng
  1. 1 to fall ill
疾病
jí bìng
  1. 1 disease
  2. 2 sickness
  3. 3 ailment
病
bìng
  1. 1 illness
  2. 2 CL:場|场[cháng]
  3. 3 disease
  4. 4 to fall ill
  5. 5 defect
病人
bìng rén
  1. 1 sick person
  2. 2 patient
  3. 3 invalid
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
病毒
bìng dú
  1. 1 virus
神经病
shén jīng bìng
  1. 1 mental disorder
  2. 2 neuropathy
  3. 3 (derog.) mental case
三明治
sān míng zhì
  1. 1 sandwich (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
不治
bù zhì
  1. 1 to die of illness or injury despite receiving medical help
传染病
chuán rǎn bìng
  1. 1 infectious disease
  2. 2 contagious disease
  3. 3 pestilence
冠心病
guān xīn bìng
  1. 1 coronary heart disease

Idioms (20)

一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
  1. 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
久病成良医
jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī
  1. 1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
以其人之道，还治其人之身
yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn
  1. 1 to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
  2. 2 to give sb a taste of his own medicine
切中时病
qiè zhòng shí bìng
  1. 1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
同病相怜
tóng bìng xiāng lián
  1. 1 fellow sufferers empathize with each other (idiom); misery loves company
丧心病狂
sàng xīn bìng kuáng
  1. 1 deranged
  2. 2 demented
  3. 3 berserk (idiom)
夏虫不可以语冰
xià chóng bù kě yǐ yǔ bīng
  1. 1 a summer insect cannot discuss ice (idiom)
多愁多病
duō chóu duō bìng
  1. 1 much sorrows and illness (idiom); melancholy and weakly
文治武功
wén zhì wǔ gōng
  1. 1 political and military achievements (idiom)
春生，夏长，秋收，冬藏
chūn shēng , xià zhǎng , qiū shōu , dōng cáng
  1. 1 sow in spring, develop in summer, harvest in autumn, store in winter (idiom)
治丧从俭
zhì sàng cóng jiǎn
  1. 1 to be frugal in attending to funeral rites (idiom)
治大国若烹小鲜
zhì dà guó ruò pēng xiǎo xiān
  1. 1 ruling a large nation is like cooking a small delicacy (idiom)
  2. 2 effective government requires minimal intervention
病来如山倒，病去如抽丝
bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī
  1. 1 sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
病入膏肓
bìng rù gāo huāng
  1. 1 lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure
  2. 2 the situation is hopeless
病国殃民
bìng guó yāng mín
  1. 1 to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
病从口入
bìng cóng kǒu rù
  1. 1 Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat!
  2. 2 fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
病从口入，祸从口出
bìng cóng kǒu rù , huò cóng kǒu chū
  1. 1 Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
病急乱投医
bìng jí luàn tóu yī
  1. 1 lit. to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom); fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis
病民害国
bìng mín hài guó
  1. 1 to damage the people and harm the country (idiom)
病民蛊国
bìng mín gǔ guó
  1. 1 to damage the people and harm the country (idiom)

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