Definitions

1. 1. correct diagnosis
2. 2. to prescribe the right cure for an illness
3. 3. to suit the medicine to the illness

Components

• 对 duì – right
• 症 zhèng – disease

Related Words

• 对症下药 duì zhèng xià yào – lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom)
• 对症发药 duì zhèng fā yào – lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it
• 对症治疗 zhèng zhuàng zhì liáo – symptomatic treatment