tóu​tòng​yī​tóu​jiǎo​tòng​yī​jiǎo

to treat the symptoms not the cause

Senses

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.

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 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

References

see 头痛医头/頭痛醫頭 头痛医头,脚痛医脚/頭痛醫頭,腳痛醫腳