治标
zhì biāo
Pinyin

Definition

治标
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zhì biāo
  1. to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zhèng zhì
  1. 1 politics
  2. 2 political
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
zhì liáo
  1. 1 to treat (an illness)
  2. 2 medical treatment
  3. 3 therapy
zhì yù
  1. 1 to cure
fáng zhì
  1. 1 to prevent and cure
  2. 2 prevention and cure
sān míng zhì
  1. 1 sandwich (loanword)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
bù zhì
  1. 1 to die of illness or injury despite receiving medical help
bù zhì zhī zhèng
  1. 1 incurable disease
rén zhì
  1. 1 rule of man
Tóng zhì
  1. 1 reign name of Qing emperor (1861-1875)
Qiáo zhì
  1. 1 George (name)
zhuān zhì
  1. 1 (of medicine) to use specifically for the treatment of
chéng zhì
  1. 1 to punish
zhèng zhì xué
  1. 1 politics
  2. 2 political science
zhèng zhì jiā
  1. 1 statesman
  2. 2 politician
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi],名[míng]
zhèng zhì jú
  1. 1 politburo
jiù zhì
  1. 1 to provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant)
zhěng zhì
  1. 1 to bring under control
  2. 2 to regulate
  3. 3 to restore to good condition
  4. 4 (coll.) to fix (a person)
  5. 5 to prepare (a meal etc)
Míng zhì
  1. 1 Meiji, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1868-1912) of the Meiji emperor
gēn zhì
  1. 1 to bring under permanent control
  2. 2 to effect a radical cure

Idioms (6)

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
文治武功
wén zhì wǔ gōng
  1. 1 political and military achievements (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
臻于郅治
zhēn yú zhì zhì
  1. 1 to attain a state of perfect governance (idiom)
齐家治国
qí jiā zhì guó
  1. 1 to regulate the family and rule the state (idiom)

Sample Sentences

嗨,过奖过奖,不过中医养生讲究的六个字“三分调,七分养”,药物只是治标,而通过日常睡眠、饮食、情绪等各方面养成良好习惯,才能使身体保持平衡。
hāi ,guòjiǎng guòjiǎng ,bùguò zhōngyī yǎngshēng jiǎngjiu de liù gè zì “sānfēn tiáo ,qīfēn yǎng ”,yàowù zhǐshì zhìbiāo ,ér tōngguò rìcháng shuìmián 、yǐnshí 、qíngxù děng gèfāngmiàn yǎngchéng liánghǎo xíguàn ,cáinéng shǐ shēntǐ bǎochí pínghéng 。
Hey, you're too polite. However, the six character phrase captures the essence of Traditional Chinese Medicine: "three parts treatment, seven parts life habits". Drugs treat the symptoms, not the cause, and it's through acquiring good habits in terms of aspects like sleeping everyday, food and drink and emotional wellbeing, that you maintain equilibrium in your body.