头痛医头，脚痛医脚
Traditional form:
頭痛醫頭，腳痛醫腳
Pinyin (reading):
tóutòngyītóu,jiǎotòngyījiǎo
Definitions:
- to treat the symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem (proverb)
- reactive (rather than proactive)
Characters:
- 头 - head; chief, boss; first, top
- 痛 - ache, pain; bitterness, sorrow; deeply, thoroughly
- 医 - to cure, to heal, to treat; doctor; medicine
- 头 - head; chief, boss; first, top
- 脚 - leg, foot; foundation, base
- 痛 - ache, pain; bitterness, sorrow; deeply, thoroughly
- 医 - to cure, to heal, to treat; doctor; medicine
- 脚 - leg, foot; foundation, base
Traditional characters:
- 頭 - head; chief, boss; first, top
- 痛 - ache, pain; bitterness, sorrow; deeply, thoroughly
- 醫 - to cure, to heal, to treat; doctor; medicine
- 頭 - head; chief, boss; first, top
- 腳 - leg, foot; foundation, base
- 痛 - ache, pain; bitterness, sorrow; deeply, thoroughly
- 醫 - to cure, to heal, to treat; doctor; medicine
- 腳 - leg, foot; foundation, base