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Meaning of 狗皮膏药

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gǒu gāo yao (Trad.: 狗皮膏藥)
dogskin plaster, used in TCM for treating contusions, rheumatism etc; quack medicine; sham goods
Example Sentences
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So why have so many in Washington, especially in the news media, been taken in by this flimflam?
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Here the glib politician, crying his legislative panaceas; and here the peripatetic Cheap Jack, holding aloft his quack cures for human ills.
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So while the promise ofbeing able to lose inches in minutes is undeniably amazing, does thetechnique really work, or are people parting with their cash for asnake-oil treatment?
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European leaders have moved from an initial stance of denial about the seriousness of the region's debt problems through a series of sticking-plaster solutions as the rot spread.