zhì bìng
treat a disease; treat an illness
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西医治病，讲究对症下药。
Xīyī zhìbìng, jiǎngjiǔ duìzhèng xiàyào.
Western medicine focuses on treating the symptoms of a disease.
治病救人，是医生的天职。
Zhìbìng jiùrén, shì yīshēng de tiānzhí.
Saving lives and healing the sick is a doctor's duty.
中医治病，讲究辨证论治。
Zhōngyī zhìbìng, jiǎngjiǔ biànzhèng lùnzhì.
In traditional Chinese medicine, treatment is based on syndrome differentiation and treatment.
致病 (zhìbìng)
cause disease
害病 (hàibìng)
get sick
The Chinese word 治病 (zhìbìng) for "treating an illness" is composed of two characters: 治 (zhì) and 病 (bìng). The character 治 originally meant "to rule" or "to govern", and was later extended to mean "to treat" or "to cure". The character 病 originally meant "a disease" or "an illness", and was later extended to mean "a problem" or "a difficulty". Thus, the compound word 治病 literally means "to rule over an illness" or "to govern a disease", and figuratively means "to treat an illness" or "to cure a disease".
