照方子抓药

照方子抓药:

Literally means:

distribute medicine according to the doctor's prescription

Actually means:

方子, prescription, the doctor's list of medicine for a certain patient.

This phrase literally means the drug stores of Chinese traditional medicine usually prepare the cocktail medicine according to the doctor's prescription list.

It figuratively means doing things according to established modes or coping others without originality. It usally conndotes one cannot handle problems flexibly and appropriately on the basis of the real conditions. Derogatory.

方子，药方，是医生为病人开的药品清单。

照方子抓药，指中药铺按照医生开的处方为配药。

比喻按照现成的式样办事，或照抄照搬别人的东西。常表示不能根据事物的特点采用适当的方式来处理。具有贬义色彩。