头痛医头 tóutòngyītóu reactive Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: All meanings (2) All meanings 1 tóutòngyītóu reactive symptomatic 1 sentence 这种头痛医头的办法只是治标。 zhè zhǒng tóu tòng yī tóu de bànfǎ zhǐshì zhì biāo. This stop-gap approach only treats the symptoms, not the cause. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary