对症下药 duì zhèng xià yào

to take appropriate steps

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 35572nd word

Definitions

  1. 1. to take appropriate steps
  2. 2. lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it

Characters

Character Meaning
对 duì HSK 1
for; towards; at
症 zhèng HSK 6
disease; illness; (fig.) sticking point
下 xià HSK 1
down; below; to go down
药 yào HSK 2
medicine; drug