求医问药

qiú yī wèn yào

to seek medical treatment (often far and wide)

Character by character

求qiú
seek

医yī
doctor

问wèn
ask about

药yào
medicine

为了治好儿子的病，他们跑遍了大半个中国，四处求医问药。

To get their son cured, they travelled half of China, seeking doctors and remedies everywhere.

Tone: neutral.

Often with 四处 or 到处, for a long, anxious search for a cure. In reports on health care it can simply mean going to the doctor: 让群众求医问药更方便.

Learn this in Lesson 47 · HSK 5–6: 去医院看病 (Seeing a doctor)

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