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对症下药

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ID: 0869 Advanced
昨天太阳好大，热到可以穿超短裙，今天就阴雨阵阵，得把毛衣套上身......老天这样奇怪的变脸，能不感冒发烧流鼻涕吗？没有时间也不值得去医院的时候，随处可见的药房可以帮你的大忙。看看这个可怜的男人怎么帮他生病的老婆、老妈和宝贝儿子买药吧，同时还可以看看卖药的小医生给了他些什么建议。
Thu May 01 2008 | Jenny, Connie
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
反常 fǎncháng abnormal
对症下药 duìzhèngxiàyào to prescribe a medication for a specific illness
症状 zhèngzhuàng symptom
板蓝根 bǎnlángēn a Chinese medicine
买点什么药？
mǎi diǎn shénme yào ？
What kind of medicine would you like?
不知道怎么搞的，这几天的天气真反常。我们家大人小孩都病了。我太太鼻塞、流鼻涕、嗓子疼，还咳嗽。我儿子......
bù zhīdào zěnme gǎo de ，zhè jǐtiān de tiānqì zhēn fǎncháng 。wǒmen jiā dàren xiǎohái dōu bìng le 。wǒ tàitai bísè 、liú bítì 、sǎngzi téng ，hái késou 。wǒ érzi ......
I don't know what's going on. The weather these last few days has been really odd. Everyone in our household, young and old, has gotten sick. My wife's nose is stuffy and runny, her throat is sore, and she's coughing. My son...
你一个一个慢慢说，得对症下药，配错了可不是小事。你刚刚说了你太太的症状，应该是感冒。就买包板蓝根吧。
nǐ yīgeyīge mànmàn shuō ，děi duìzhèngxiàyào ，pèi cuò le kěbushì xiǎoshì 。nǐ gānggāng shuō le nǐ tàitai de zhèngzhuàng ，yīnggāi shì gǎnmào 。jiù mǎi bāo bǎnlángēn ba 。
Let's discuss this slowly, one by one. You have to match the medicine to the disease. If you get it wrong, it's no small problem. Just now you mentioned your wife's symptoms. It seems likely that she has a cold. Get a package of isatis root.
我太太吃不来中药。有西药吗？
wǒ tàitai chībulái zhōngyào 。yǒu xīyào ma ？
My wife can't eat Chinese medicine. Do you have Western medicine?
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