對症下藥 duì zhèng xià 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
對 duì
for; towards; at
症 zhèng HSK 6
disease; illness; (fig.) sticking point
下 xià HSK 1
down; below; to go down
藥 yào
medicine; drug