"對症下藥" meaning in Chinese

See 對症下藥 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ jaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Erhua, Sinological-IPA], /tɵy̯³³ t͡sɪŋ³³ haː²² jœːk̚²/ [Cantonese, Guangzhou, Sinological-IPA] Forms: 对症下药 [Simplified-Chinese]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 對症下藥
  1. to suit the medicine to the illness; to suit the remedy to the case; to prescribe the right remedy for an illness Tags: idiomatic
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "对症下药",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "對症下藥",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to suit the medicine to the illness; to suit the remedy to the case; to prescribe the right remedy for an illness"
      ],
      "id": "en-對症下藥-zh-phrase-FZtgvDCD",
      "links": [
        [
          "suit",
          "suit"
        ],
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "illness",
          "illness"
        ],
        [
          "remedy",
          "remedy"
        ],
        [
          "case",
          "case"
        ],
        [
          "prescribe",
          "prescribe"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "duìzhèngxiàyào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄠˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "deoi³ zing³ haa⁶ joek⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "duìzhèngxiàyào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄠˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "duèijhèngsiàyào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tui⁴-chêng⁴-hsia⁴-yao⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dwèi-jèng-syà-yàu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dueyjenqshiahyaw"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dujčžɛnsjajao",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "дуйчжэнсяяо"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "duìzhèngxiàyàor"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄠˋㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "duèijhèngsiàyàor"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tui⁴-chêng⁴-hsia⁴-yao⁴-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dwèi-jèng-syà-yàur"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dueyjenqshiahyawl"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dujčžɛnsjajaor",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "дуйчжэнсяяор"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ jaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "deoi³ zing³ haa⁶ joek⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "deui jing hah yeuhk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "doey³ dzing³ haa⁶ joek⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dêu³ jing³ ha⁶ yêg⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɵy̯³³ t͡sɪŋ³³ haː²² jœːk̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "對症下藥"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "对症下药",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "對症下藥",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 下",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 對",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 症",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 藥",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to suit the medicine to the illness; to suit the remedy to the case; to prescribe the right remedy for an illness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "suit",
          "suit"
        ],
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "illness",
          "illness"
        ],
        [
          "remedy",
          "remedy"
        ],
        [
          "case",
          "case"
        ],
        [
          "prescribe",
          "prescribe"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "duìzhèngxiàyào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄠˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "deoi³ zing³ haa⁶ joek⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "duìzhèngxiàyào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄠˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "duèijhèngsiàyào"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tui⁴-chêng⁴-hsia⁴-yao⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dwèi-jèng-syà-yàu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dueyjenqshiahyaw"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dujčžɛnsjajao",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "дуйчжэнсяяо"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "duìzhèngxiàyàor"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄨㄟˋ ㄓㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄠˋㄦ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "duèijhèngsiàyàor"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "tui⁴-chêng⁴-hsia⁴-yao⁴-ʼrh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dwèi-jèng-syà-yàur"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dueyjenqshiahyawl"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dujčžɛnsjajaor",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "дуйчжэнсяяор"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tu̯eɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi̯ä⁵¹⁻⁵³ jaʊ̯ɻʷ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Erhua",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "deoi³ zing³ haa⁶ joek⁶"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "deui jing hah yeuhk"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "doey³ dzing³ haa⁶ joek⁹"
    },
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dêu³ jing³ ha⁶ yêg⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɵy̯³³ t͡sɪŋ³³ haː²² jœːk̚²/",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Hong Kong"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "對症下藥"
}

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