庸医 (yōng yī) — quack; charlatan (fraudulent or incompetent doctor)
Definition
Literally 'mediocre doctor', 庸医 is a strongly negative term for a fraudulent or incompetent doctor. Refers to the person's character and practice, not to any specific medical act — a more neutral label for a bad doctor would be 差医生.
noun
quackcharlatan (fraudulent or incompetent doctor)
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 庸医，。Zhè ge yōng yī gēn běn bú huì kàn bìng, zhī huì piàn qián.This quack has no idea how to treat illnesses; he just cheats people out of their money.
- 庸医。Dà jiā dōu shuō nà ge yōng yī zhì sǐ le hǎo jǐ gè bìng rén.Everyone says that quack has killed several patients.
- 庸医，。Qiān wàn bié qù zhǎo nà ge yōng yī, tā zhī huì kāi guì de yào.Whatever you do, don't go to that quack; he only prescribes expensive medicine.
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