換湯不換藥 huàn tāng bù huàn yào

DEFINITIONS

  1. different broth but the same old medicine (idiom); a change in name only
  2. a change in form but not in substance

CHARACTERS

換 huàn change, exchange; substitute
湯 tāng hot water; soup, gravy, broth
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
換 huàn change, exchange; substitute
藥 yào drugs, pharmaceuticals, medicine