different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only; a change in form but not in substance
trad. 換湯不換藥
Also written 換湯不換藥【huàn tāng bù huàn yào】
Characters in this word
4换
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to exchange, to change (clothes etc), to substitute, to switch, to convert (currency)
- Pinyin
- huàn
- Traditional
- 換
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 1175 of 2500
汤
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surname Tang
- Pinyin
- Tāng
- Traditional
- 湯
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 3808 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
药
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leaf of the iris, variant of 藥|药[yao4]
- Pinyin
- yào
- Traditional
- 葯
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1417 of 2500