头痛医头,脚痛医脚

Traditional (Taiwan): 頭痛醫頭,腳痛醫腳

tóutòngyītóujiǎotòngyījiǎo ㄊㄡˊ ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄧ ㄊㄡˊ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄊㄨㄥˋ ㄧ ㄐㄧㄠˇ

    • to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause to apply piecemeal remedies

      figurative

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