病有四百四病，药有八百八方病有四百四病，藥有八百八方病有四百四病，藥有八百八方

illness has four hundred and four kinds, medicine has eight hundred and eight remedies

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: However many kinds of illness there are, there are even more cures. Used figuratively to say that for every problem there are more ways to solve it. Encouraging.

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Simplified: 病有四百四病，药有八百八方
Traditional (Taiwan): 病有四百四病，藥有八百八方
Pinyin: bìng yǒu sìbǎisìbìng, yào yǒu bā bǎi bāfāng
Bopomofo: ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄙˋ ㄅㄞˇ ㄙˋ ㄅㄧㄥˋ，ㄧㄠˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄚㄅㄞˇ ㄅㄚㄈㄤ

Written with HSK 2 vocabulary, at CEFR level A1.

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