Headache for head, foot pain for foot(tóu tòng zhì tóu，zú tòng zhì zú)

Headache for head, foot pain for foot

T ó ut øì t ó u, Z ú t øì Z ú metaphor only solves specific problems, does not go deep into the root of the problem. The same as "headache moxibustion head, foot pain moxibustion foot". In Zhang Juzheng's plan with Zhang Xinzhai not to take money from the East in Ming Dynasty, it is said that "headache can cure the head, and foot pain can cure the foot.". Today's recipe for disaster is in Liao Dynasty, and Liao Dynasty takes one town as a whole. The disease is in the time when it is enough. "

Source of allusion

In Zhang Juzheng's plan with Zhang Xinzhai not to take money from the East in Ming Dynasty, it is said that "headache can cure the head, and foot pain can cure the foot.". Today's recipe for disaster is in Liao Dynasty, and Liao Dynasty takes one town as a whole. The disease is in the time when it is enough. "

words whose meaning is similar

Moxibustion for headache and foot pain

English translation

takeonlypalliativemeasuresforone'sillness

Idiom information

Idiom explanation: metaphor only solves specific problems, not the root of the problem. The same as "headache moxibustion head, foot pain moxibustion foot".

Degree of common use: Average

Emotional color: derogatory words

Grammatical usage: used as object and attribute; used in dealing with affairs

Idiom structure: complex sentence

Time of birth: ancient times

Chinese PinYin : tóu tòng zhì tóu，zú tòng zhì zú