对症治疗

對症治療

duìzhèng zhìliáo

noun

Meanings

1 symptomatic treatment
2 treatment targeted at symptoms

Characters

to match, correspond to

symptom, illness

Examples

感冒没有特效药,只能对症治疗。

Gǎnmào méiyǒu tèxiào yào, zhǐnéng duìzhèng zhìliáo.

There's no specific cure for the common cold; you can only treat the symptoms.

医生先进行对症治疗,同时查找病因。

Yīshēng xiānjìn xíng duìzhèng zhìliáo, tóngshí cházhǎo bìngyīn.

The doctor first gives symptomatic treatment while looking for the cause.

Tips

usage

Compare with the chengyu 对症下药 duìzhèng xiàyào 'prescribe the right medicine for the illness' — same 对症 'match the symptoms' core, but 下药 (prescribe medicine) is figurative ('tailor the solution to the problem'), while 对症治疗 stays strictly medical.

Stroke Order

对 duì

症 zhèng

治 zhì

疗 liáo