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头痛医头，脚痛医脚

tóu tòng yī tóu , jiǎo tòng yī jiǎo

9-character word Traditional 頭痛醫頭，腳痛醫腳

What 头痛医头，脚痛医脚 means

1. to treat the symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem (proverb)
2. reactive (rather than proactive)

The characters in 头痛医头，脚痛医脚

• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top
• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
• 医yīmedical; medicine; doctor
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top
• 脚jiǎofoot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object)
• 痛tòngache; pain; sorrow
• 医yīmedical; medicine; doctor
• 脚jiǎofoot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object)

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