头痛医头，脚痛医脚 meaning - Chinese-English Dictionary

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MEANING OF 头痛医头，脚痛医脚

头痛医头，脚痛医脚
(頭痛醫頭，腳痛醫腳)

Definition to treat the symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem (proverb) / reactive (rather than proactive)

Idiom It is a metaphor to cope passively, not to solve the problem completely

Usage

中文释义比喻做事缺乏通盘计划，不从根本上解决问题，只在表面上忙于应付。

Characters 头 (頭) tóu/tou 痛 tòng 医 (醫) yī 脚 (腳) jiǎo/jué

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