换汤不换药

huàn tāng bù huàn yào

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1. a change in form but not in substance

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Child Words of 换汤不换药

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 换 换 huàn: to exchange
• 汤 汤 shāng: rushing current
• 汤 汤 tāng: soup
• 药 药 yào: medicine