created sense approved 头痛医头，脚痛医脚/頭痛醫頭，腳痛醫腳 · tóutòngyītóujiǎotòngyījiǎo · to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
头痛医头，脚痛医脚 / 頭痛醫頭，腳痛醫腳
tóutòngyītóujiǎotòngyījiǎo
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
头痛医头 (literal) → 头痛医头/頭痛醫頭 · tóutòngyītóu · to treat the symptoms ， (non_chinese) 脚 (literal) → 脚/腳 · jiǎo · foot 痛 (literal) → 痛 · tòng · painful 医 (literal) → 医/醫 · yī · to treat 脚 (literal) → 脚/腳 · jiǎo · foot
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created sense approved 头痛医头，脚痛医脚/頭痛醫頭，腳痛醫腳 · tóutòngyītóujiǎotòngyījiǎo · to treat the symptoms not the cause — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
头痛医头，脚痛医脚 / 頭痛醫頭，腳痛醫腳
tóutòngyītóujiǎotòngyījiǎo
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 (literal) → 头痛医头/頭痛醫頭 · tóutòngyītóu · to treat the symptoms ， (non_chinese) 脚 (literal) → 脚/腳 · jiǎo · foot 痛 (literal) → 痛 · tòng · painful 医 (literal) → 医/醫 · yī · to treat 脚 (literal) → 脚/腳 · jiǎo · foot
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition