对症 [對症] - correct diagnosis, to prescribe the right cure for an illness, to suit the medicine to the illness - duì zhèng | Definition | ChinesePod.com

对症 (對症)

duì zhèng

Pinyin

Definition

对症 (對症)

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duì zhèng

correct diagnosis
to prescribe the right cure for an illness
to suit the medicine to the illness

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

qiǎng pò zhèng

1 obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)

hòu yí zhèng

1 (medicine) sequelae
2 residual effects
3 (fig.) repercussions
4 aftermath

kǒng jù zhèng

1 phobia

yì yù zhèng

1 clinical depression

zhèng zhuàng

1 symptom (of an illness)

Idioms (2)

对症下药

duì zhèng xià yào

1 lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
2 to take appropriate steps

对症发药

duì zhèng fā yào

1 lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
2 to take appropriate steps

Sample Sentences

你一个一个慢慢说，得对症下药，配错了可不是小事。你刚刚说了你太太的症状，应该是感冒。就买包板蓝根吧。

nǐ yīgeyīge mànmàn shuō ，děi duìzhèngxiàyào ，pèi cuò le kěbushì xiǎoshì 。nǐ gānggāng shuō le nǐ tàitai de zhèngzhuàng ，yīnggāi shì gǎnmào 。jiù mǎi bāo bǎnlángēn ba 。

Let's discuss this slowly, one by one. You have to match the medicine to the disease. If you get it wrong, it's no small problem. Just now you mentioned your wife's symptoms. It seems likely that she has a cold. Get a package of isatis root.