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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 对症下药
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 对症下药 | duì zhèng xià yào | - 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 |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 36,021 | 29,310 | 33,662 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 对 | duì | - right; correct - towards; at; for - concerning; regarding - to treat (sb a certain way) - to face - (bound form) opposite; facing; matching - to match together; to adjust - to fit; to suit - to answer; to reply - to add; to pour in (a fluid) - to check; to compare - classifier: couple; pair |
| 症 | zhèng | - disease - illness |
| 症 | zhēng | - abdominal tumor - bowel obstruction - (fig.) sticking point |
| 下 | xià | - down - downwards - below - lower - later - next (week etc) - second (of two parts) - to decline - to go down - to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc) - measure word to show the frequency of an action |
| 药 | yào | - leaf of the iris - variant of 藥|药[yao4] |
| 药 | yào | - medicine - drug - substance used for a specific purpose (e.g. poisoning, explosion, fermenting) - CL:種|种[zhong3],服[fu4],味[wei4] - to poison |
Other Words Containing 对症下药
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 对症下药 | - | - | 36,021 | 29,310 | 33,662 |