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醫之好治不病以為功

简医之好治不病以为功 · 繁醫之好治不病以為功

Mandarin · pinyin yī zhī hào zhì bù bìng yǐ wéi gōng

doctors like to treat those who are not sick so that they can get credit for the patient's "recovery" (idiom)

Characters in this entry

醫: Look up this written character
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
好: hǎo · good, excellent, fine; well
治: zhì · govern, regulate, administer
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
病: bìng · illness, sickness, disease
以: yǐ · by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
為: Look up this written character
功: gōng · achievement, merit, good result
医: yī · cure, heal; doctor, medical
为: wèi · do, handle, govern, act; be

Written characters and their own readings; the entry’s pronunciation is shown above.

1–1–4–4–4–4–3–2–1 · yi1 zhi1 hao4 zhi4 bu4 bing4 yi3 wei2 gong1

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