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Chinese
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head; (noun suffix)
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ache; pain; sorrow
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medical; medicine; doctor medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat |
head; (noun suffix)
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role; foot; base
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ache; pain; sorrow
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medical; medicine; doctor medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat |
role; foot; base
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| trad. (頭痛醫頭，腳痛醫腳)
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頭
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痛
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醫
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頭
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，
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腳
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痛
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醫
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腳
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| simp. (头痛医头，脚痛医脚)
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头
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痛
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医
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头
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，
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脚
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痛
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医
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脚
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| Literally: “treat the head when the head hurts, treat the foot when the foot hurts”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
頭痛醫頭，腳痛醫腳
- to treat symptoms but not the disease; to take stopgap measures rather than getting to the root cause of the problem
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