







心病还须心药医 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a mental or emotional problem requires a solution that addresses its psychological root; only the person who caused the problem can resolve it, or only an emotional remedy can cure an emotional wound”. Literally, “Heart illness still needs heart medicine to cure”.

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Open the tool →心病还须心药医 (xīn bìng hái xū xīn yào yī) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a mental or emotional problem requires a solution that addresses its psychological root; only the person who caused the problem can resolve it, or only an emotional remedy can cure an emotional wound”.
心病还须心药医 is pronounced xīn bìng hái xū xīn yào yī in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 心病还须心药医 means “Heart illness still needs heart medicine to cure”. It is used to mean “a mental or emotional problem requires a solution that addresses its psychological root; only the person who caused the problem can resolve it, or only an emotional remedy can cure an emotional wound”.
心里的忧虑或恋念成了精神负担,必须消除造成这种精神负担的因素。