医之好治不病以为功

Traditional form:

醫之好治不病以為功

Pinyin (reading):

yīzhīhàozhìbùbìngyǐwéigōng

Definitions:

• doctors like to treat those who are not sick so that they can get credit for the patient's "recovery" (idiom)

Characters:

• 医 - to cure, to heal, to treat; doctor; medicine
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 好 - good, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 病 - sickness, illness, disease
• 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
• 为 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 功 - achievement, good work; merit; service

Traditional characters:

• 醫 - to cure, to heal, to treat; doctor; medicine
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 好 - good, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well
• 治 - to administer, to govern, to regulate
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 病 - sickness, illness, disease
• 以 - according to; so as to; because of; then
• 為 - to do, to act; to handle, to govern; to be
• 功 - achievement, good work; merit; service