药到病除 — Chinese idiom

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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