治标不治本 — Semantide dictionary

Entry

治zhì标biāo不bù治zhì本běn

to treat the symptoms but not the root cause
trad. 治標不治本

Also written 治標不治本【zhì biāo bù zhì běn】

Characters in this word

4

治

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to rule, to govern, to manage, to control, to harness (a river), to treat (a disease), to wipe out (a pest), to punish, to research

Pinyin: zhì

Strokes: 8
Frequency: 6571 of 2500

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标

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mark, sign, label, to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc, to bear (a brand name, registration number etc), prize, award, bid, target, quota, (old) the topmost branches of a tree, visible symptom, classifier for military units

Pinyin: biāo
Traditional: 標

Strokes: 9
Frequency: 31216 of 2500

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不

Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

no; not so, (bound form) not; un-

Pinyin: bù

Strokes: 4
Frequency: 9 of 2500

Words starting with 不 Words ending in 不 Anywhere in a word

本

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(bound form) root; stem, (bound form) origin; source, (bound form) one's own; this, (bound form) this; the current (year etc), (bound form) original, (bound form) inherent, originally; initially, capital; principal, classifier for books, periodicals, files etc

Pinyin: běn

Strokes: 5
Frequency: 799 of 2500

Words starting with 本 Words ending in 本 Anywhere in a word