對症發藥 duì zhèng fā yào

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

對 duì correct, right; facing, opposed
症 zhèng disease, illness, ailment
發 fā issue, dispatch, send out, emit
藥 yào drugs, pharmaceuticals, medicine