庸医

庸醫

yōngyī

noun #22,957

Measure Word

一个庸医 gè

Meanings

1 quack doctor
2 incompetent physician
3 charlatan healer

Characters

mediocre / ordinary / incompetent

doctor / medicine

Examples

他被庸医误诊，延误了治疗。

Tā bèi yōngyī wùzhěn, yánwù le zhìliáo.

He was misdiagnosed by a quack doctor, which delayed his treatment.

古人说：宁死不找庸医。

Gǔrén shuō: níng sǐ bù zhǎo yōngyī.

The ancients said: better to die than to see a quack doctor.

Tips

memory

庸 (yōng) means mediocre or incompetent, and 医 (yī) means doctor — a quack is literally a 'mediocre doctor.'

Stroke Order

庸 yōng

医 yī