治本
zhì běn
Pinyin

Definition

治本
 - 
zhì běn
  1. to take radical measures
  2. to get to the root (of a problem etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

原本
yuán běn
  1. 1 originally
  2. 2 original
基本
jī běn
  1. 1 basic
  2. 2 fundamental
  3. 3 main
  4. 4 elementary
政治
zhèng zhì
  1. 1 politics
  2. 2 political
日本
Rì běn
  1. 1 Japan
本
běn
  1. 1 root
  2. 2 stem
  3. 3 origin
  4. 4 source
  5. 5 this
  6. 6 the current
  7. 7 original
  8. 8 inherent
  9. 9 originally
  10. 10 classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

Idioms (18)

一本万利
yī běn wàn lì
  1. 1 small capital, huge profit (idiom); to put in a little and get a lot out
三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (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
勤俭为服务之本
qín jiǎn wéi fú wù zhī běn
  1. 1 hardwork and thriftiness are the foundations of service (idiom)
报本反始
bào běn fǎn shǐ
  1. 1 ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)

Sample Sentences

这样才能治本嘛。反正你想要治好病，就得咬牙忍着。
zhèyàng cáinéng zhìběn ma 。fǎnzhèng nǐ xiǎng yào zhì hǎo bìng ，jiù děi yǎoyá rěn zhe 。
This is the only way to get at the problem. Anyway, if you want to relieve the pain, you're going to need to grin and bear it.
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