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藥到病除 (joek6 dou3 bing6 ceoi4) — once one has taken medicine or applied medicine one's ailment is eliminated in Cantonese

joekˍ₆藥dou˗₃到bingˍ₆病ceoiˎ₄除
简 药到病除
Mandarin Pinyin: yao4 dao4 bing4 chu2

Meaning of 藥到病除

nounonce one has taken medicine or applied medicine one's ailment is eliminated
nounrelief of the illness after taking medicine

Characters in 藥到病除

藥joek6
kill with poison
到dou3
arrive; reach; get to
病beng6
defect; fault; malady; blame
除ceoi4
get rid of; do away with; eliminate

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