医之好治不病以为功

yī zhī hào zhì bù bìng yǐ wéi gōng

doctors like to treat those who are not sick so that they can get credit for the patient's "recovery" (idiom)

医

yī

medical

之

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])

好

hào

to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone to

治

zhì

to rule

不

bù

no; not so

病

bìng

illness

以

yǐ

abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]

为

wéi

variant of 為|为[wei2]

功

gōng

meritorious deed or service