標本兼治
biāo​běn​jiān​zhì

to treat both root cause and symptoms

  • created sense approved 标本兼治/標本兼治 · biāo​běn​jiān​zhì · to treat both root cause and symptoms — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    标本兼治 / 標本兼治

    biāo​běn​jiān​zhì

    to treat both root cause and symptoms

    To address both the symptoms and the root cause of a problem or disease simultaneously.

    标本 (literal) → 标本/標本 · biāo​běn · surface and root 兼 (literal) → 兼 · jiān · and 治 (literal) → 治 · zhì · to treat

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