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對症下藥 (deoi3 zing3 haa6 joek6) — to treat a problem or illness with the right measure or medicine in Cantonese

deoi˗₃對zing˗₃症haaˍ₆下joekˍ₆藥
简 对症下药
Mandarin Pinyin: dui4 zheng4 xia4 yao4

Meaning of 對症下藥

nounto treat a problem or illness with the right measure or medicine

Characters in 對症下藥

對deoi3
to; towards; versus
症zing3
simplified form of 癥
下haa6
formulate; work out; set down
藥joek6
kill with poison

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