Read Edit View history 治标 zhìbiāo to treat symptoms Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 治标 治標 zhì//biāo to treat symptoms To treat the symptoms of a problem rather than its root cause; to take stopgap or emergency measures. Usually used in contrast with 治本 zhìběn. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.120 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.877 per million Cross-References Antonym 治本 zhìběn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
治标 治標 zhì//biāo to treat symptoms To treat the symptoms of a problem rather than its root cause; to take stopgap or emergency measures. Usually used in contrast with 治本 zhìběn. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.120 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.877 per million Cross-References Antonym 治本 zhìběn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)