治標不治本

to treat the symptoms but not the root cause

to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research

to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause

mark / sign / label / to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc / to bear (a brand name, registration number etc) / prize / award / bid / target / quota / (old) the topmost branches of a tree / visible symptom / classifier for military units

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

to die of illness or injury despite receiving medical help

to take radical measures / to get to the root (of a problem etc)

to tackle a problem at its root; to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with 治標|治标[zhi4 biao1])

root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc