头痛医头，脚痛医脚

to treat the symptoms rather than getting to the root of the problem (proverb) / reactive (rather than proactive)

head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]

suffix for nouns

to have a headache

ache / pain / sorrow / deeply / thoroughly

medical / medicine / doctor / to cure / to treat

to treat the symptoms / reactive (rather than proactive)

foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1] / classifier for kicks

variant of 角[jue2] / role