頭痛醫頭，腳痛醫腳 [头－医头－脚－医脚]

Jyutping tau4 tung3 ji1 tau4 goek3 tung3 ji1 goek3
Pinyin tóu tòng yī tóu ， jiǎo tòng yī jiǎo

Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）

頭痛醫頭，腳痛醫腳 [头－医头－脚－医脚]

Jyutping tau4 tung3 ji1 tau4 ， goek3 tung3 ji1 goek3
Pinyin tóu tòng yī tóu ， jiǎo tòng yī jiǎo

Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to treat symptoms but not the disease; to take stopgap measures rather than getting to the root cause of the problem
    (syn.) 头疼医头, 头痛治头, 治標不治本, 脚痛灸脚, 足痛治足, 頭疼醫頭, 脚疼医脚, 頭痛灸頭, 頭痛治頭, 头痛灸头, 腳疼醫腳, 腳痛灸腳, 治标不治本

頭痛醫頭，腳痛醫腳 [头－医头－脚－医脚]

Jyutping tau4 tung3 ji1 tau4 , goek3 tung3 ji1 goek3
Pinyin tóu tòng yī tóu , jiǎo tòng yī jiǎo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to treat the symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem (proverb)
  2. reactive (rather than proactive)