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医之好治不病以为功

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9-character word Traditional 醫之好治不病以為功

What 医之好治不病以为功 means

1. doctors like to treat those who are not sick so that they can get credit for the patient's "recovery" (idiom)

The characters in 医之好治不病以为功

• 医yīmedical; medicine; doctor
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 好hǎogood; appropriate; proper; all right!
• 治zhìto rule; to govern; to manage
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 病bìngillness; disease; to fall ill
• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 功gōngmeritorious deed or service; achievement; result