对症下药

duì zhèng xià yào

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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

针对具体病情开药方。比喻针对问题的关键采取有效措施。

To prescribe medicine for the specific illness. Metaphorically, to take effective measures according to the crux of a problem.

用于描述处理问题时有针对性、根据实际情况采取相应方法。

Used to describe addressing problems with targeted approaches based on actual circumstances.

1 老师对每个学生的问题对症下药，帮助他们提高成绩。 (The teacher prescribed specific remedies for each student's problems to help them improve their grades.)
2 在处理客户投诉时，我们需要对症下药，找出问题的根源。 (When handling customer complaints, we need to take targeted measures to find the root cause of the problem.)
3 医生根据病情对症下药，患者很快康复了。 (The doctor prescribed medicine according to the illness, and the patient recovered quickly.)
4 企业管理需要对症下药，不同阶段采用不同策略。 (Business management requires targeted measures, adopting different strategies at different stages.)
5 面对复杂的刑事案件，警方必须对症下药，才能迅速破案。 (Faced with complex criminal cases, the police must take targeted measures to solve the case quickly.)

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