头痛医头，脚痛医脚

头痛医头，脚痛医脚

Literally means:

treat the head when the head aches, treat the foot when the foot hurts

Actually means:

treat the symptoms but not the disease; apply stopgap and piecemeal solutions

It means dealing only with the problem that currently occurs with a perfunctory attitude instead of eliminating the defect from the root. It connotes taking only lashup measures to handle superficial side issues instead of tackling the entire problem thoroughly. Derogatory.

不从根源上消除事情的缺陷，而是抱临时应付的态度，出什么问题解决什么问题。意味着只对表面的枝节问题作临应急的处理，而不打算从根本上加以治理。具有贬义色彩。