zhì bìng jiù réndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to treat the disease to save the patient / to criticize a person in order to help him
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Original source entry:

治病救人 治病救人 [zhi4 bing4 jiu4 ren2] /to treat the disease to save the patient/to criticize a person in order to help him/

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