药到病除 — Chinese idiom
药到病除
yào dào bìng chú
Traditional: 藥到病除
Meaning
- lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken
- fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results
- (of a solution or method) highly effective
Character by character
- 药yàodrugs, medicine; the leaf of the Dahurian angelica
- 到dàoto go to, to arrive
- 病bìngsickness, illness, disease
- 除chúto eliminate, to remove, to wipe out
Idioms sharing a character
- 对症下药 duì zhèng xià yào
- 无可救药 wú kě jiù yào
- 良药苦口 liáng yào kǔ kǒu
- 药石无灵 yào shí wú líng
- 药食同源 yào shí tóng yuán
- 灵丹妙药 líng dān miào yào
- 事到临头 shì dào lín tóu
- 先来后到 xiān lái hòu dào
- 手到拈来 shǒu dào niān lái
- 手到擒来 shǒu dào qín lái
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