换汤不换药 huàntāngbùhuànyào change in name only Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 换汤不换药 換湯不換藥 huàntāngbùhuànyào change in name only a change in form but not in substance; literally "different broth but the same old medicine." Often used to describe a superficial change that does not address the underlying issue (usually negative). Frequency Movie subtitles 0.150 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.389 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
换汤不换药 換湯不換藥 huàntāngbùhuànyào change in name only a change in form but not in substance; literally "different broth but the same old medicine." Often used to describe a superficial change that does not address the underlying issue (usually negative). Frequency Movie subtitles 0.150 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.389 per million Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
