头痛医头，脚痛医脚
tóu​tòng​yī​tóu​jiǎo​tòng​yī​jiǎo

to treat the symptoms not the cause

头痛医头，脚痛医脚 頭痛醫頭，腳痛醫腳 tóu​tòng​yī​tóu​jiǎo​tòng​yī​jiǎo
to treat the symptoms not the cause
To treat the symptoms of a problem rather than getting to the root of it; only dealing with immediate details instead of providing a fundamental solution.
to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause
to treat the head when the head aches and the foot when the foot hurts; taking a patchwork approach to problems without addressing the underlying cause

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