冬病夏治

dōngbìngxiàzhì
to treat winter diseases in the summer (TCM)

CEDICT

tcm

Entry Composition

=1 冬 dōng winter
=1 冬 dōng
  1. (onom.) beating a drum
  2. rat-a-tat
2 病 bìng
  1. illness
  2. disease
  3. to fall ill
  4. defect

classifier: 場
3 夏 xià summer
4 治 zhì
  1. to rule
  2. to govern
  3. to manage
  4. to control
  5. to harness (a river)
  6. to treat (a disease)
  7. to wipe out (a pest)
  8. to punish
  9. to research