对症
duì zhèng
Pinyin

Definition

对症
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duì zhèng
  1. correct diagnosis
  2. to prescribe the right cure for an illness
  3. to suit the medicine to the illness

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

强迫症
qiǎng pò zhèng
  1. 1 obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
后遗症
hòu yí zhèng
  1. 1 (medicine) sequelae
  2. 2 residual effects
  3. 3 (fig.) repercussions
  4. 4 aftermath
恐惧症
kǒng jù zhèng
  1. 1 phobia
抑郁症
yì yù zhèng
  1. 1 clinical depression
症状
zhèng zhuàng
  1. 1 symptom (of an illness)
癌症
ái zhèng
  1. 1 cancer
综合症
zōng hé zhèng
  1. 1 syndrome
不孕症
bù yùn zhèng
  1. 1 female infertility
不治之症
bù zhì zhī zhèng
  1. 1 incurable disease
干眼症
gān yǎn zhèng
  1. 1 dry eye
  2. 2 xerophthalmia (drying of the tear glands, often due to lack of vitamin A)
并发症
bìng fā zhèng
  1. 1 complications (undesired side-effect of medical procedure)
健忘症
jiàn wàng zhèng
  1. 1 amnesia
厌食症
yàn shí zhèng
  1. 1 anorexia
嗜睡症
shì shuì zhèng
  1. 1 hypersomnia
  2. 2 excessive sleepiness (medical)
多动症
duō dòng zhèng
  1. 1 attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
夜盲症
yè máng zhèng
  1. 1 night blindness
  2. 2 nyctalopia
失忆症
shī yì zhèng
  1. 1 amnesia
妄想症
wàng xiǎng zhèng
  1. 1 delusional disorder
  2. 2 (fig.) paranoia
孤独症
gū dú zhèng
  1. 1 autism
对症
duì zhèng
  1. 1 correct diagnosis
  2. 2 to prescribe the right cure for an illness
  3. 3 to suit the medicine to the illness

Idioms (2)

对症下药
duì zhèng xià yào
  1. 1 lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
  2. 2 to take appropriate steps
对症发药
duì zhèng fā yào
  1. 1 lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
  2. 2 to take appropriate steps

Sample Sentences

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.
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