汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 對症下藥
duì zhèng xià yào
對症下藥 (对症下药)
lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps
Medication for illness / Metaphorically, take effective measures to address the problem of things
對牛彈琴 無的放矢
比喻针对具体情况决定解决问题的办法。
对 (對) duì 症 zhèng/zhēng 下 xià 药 (藥) yào
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

做思想工作必须对症下药。

In doing ideological work, one must suit one's methods to the situation.

问题的根源找到了，只需对症下药。

The root of the problem, only to find the right remedy.

若不作出正确诊断，就无法对症下药。

You cannot provide the correct medicine without the proper diagnosis.

最后对症下药，提出简要的对策思路。

Finally the right remedy, made a brief Countermeasures.

甚至是江湖郎中对症下药也是可能的。

And it is possible to find the right medicine even from a quack doctor.

我可以帮助你买一些药来对症下药。

I can buy some medicine for that.

对症下药可能是痛苦的，但这最终会治愈银行体系的痼疾。

That might be painful, but in the end, it will heal the system.

对症下药，提高公益广告效果的策略有三：真实再现、指向明确和对比联想。

Three strategies to raise the advertising effect are provided: vivid presentation, distinct referring, and comparative association.

你要是不肯首先向他袒示你灵魂上的创伤或烦恼，他又怎能对症下药呢？

How may this be, unless you first lay open to him the wound or trouble in your soul?

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