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头痛医头，脚痛医脚
tóu tòng yī tóu , jiǎo tòng yī jiǎo
What 头痛医头，脚痛医脚 means
- to treat the symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem (proverb)
- 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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