对症发药 duì zhèng fā yào

to take appropriate steps

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

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
发 fā HSK 3
to send out; to issue; to develop
药 yào HSK 2
medicine; drug