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头痛医头

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4-character word Traditional 頭痛醫頭

What 头痛医头 means

1. to treat the symptoms
2. reactive (rather than proactive)

The characters in 头痛医头

• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top
• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
• 医yīmedical; medicine; doctor
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top

Words starting with 头痛医头

• 头痛医头，脚痛医脚tóu tòng yī tóu , jiǎo tòng yī jiǎoto treat the symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem (proverb)…