"Remedy" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 wǎn jiù to save / to remedy / to rescue
 bǔ jiù to remedy
 bǔ jiù bàn fǎ remedy
 bì bǔ to remedy / to make up for / benefit
 liáng yào good medicine / panacea / fig. a good solution / a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem)
 piān fāng folk remedy / home remedy
 tǔ fāng cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement) / excavated soil / earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tu3 fang1 gong1 cheng2]) / (TCM) folk remedy
 dān fāng unilateral / one-sided / home remedy / folk prescription(same as 丹方) / single-drug prescription (same as 奇方[ji1 fang1], one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方[qi1 fang1]) / metaphorically. a good solution
 shí yí to pocket a lost article / (fig.) to correct others' errors / to remedy omissions (in a text etc)
 yǐn zhèn zhǐ kě lit. drinking poison in the hope of quenching one's thirst (idiom) / fig. a supposed remedy that only makes matters worse
 huí tiān fá shù (idiom) nothing can be done to remedy the situation / beyond recovery
 yuǎn shuǐ bù jiě jìn kě lit. distant water does not cure present thirst / fig. urgent need / a slow remedy does not address immediate needs
 bǔ piān jiù bì to remedy defects and correct errors (idiom) / to rectify past mistakes
 dān fāng folk remedy
 Jīng dū niàn cí ān pí pá gāo Nin Jiom Pei Pa Koa, a Traditional Chinese natural herbal remedy / condensed loquat extract
 shí yí bǔ quē to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
 yào liáo medication / herbal remedy
 xíng zhèng jiù jì administrative remedy
 yuǎn shuǐ jiù bu liǎo jìn huǒ water in a distant place is of little use in putting out a fire right here / (fig.) a slow remedy does not address the current emergency
  legal remedy
 jiū shā folk remedy involving repeatedly pinching the neck, throat, back etc to increase blood flow to the area and relieve inflammation
 tǔ fāng zi (TCM) folk remedy
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