病入膏肓 — Chinese idiom
病入膏肓
bìng rù gāo huāng
Meaning
- lit. the disease has attacked the vitals ; fig. beyond cure
- the situation is hopeless
Character by character
- 病bìngsickness, illness, disease
- 入rùto enter, to come in; to join
- 膏gāogrease, fat; ointment, paste
- 肓huāngabdominal cavity; the area between the heart and d
Idioms sharing a character
- 一病不起 yī bìng bù qǐ
- 切中时病 qiè zhòng shí bìng
- 同病相怜 tóng bìng xiāng lián
- 丧心病狂 sàng xīn bìng kuáng
- 多愁多病 duō chóu duō bìng
- 无病呻吟 wú bìng shēn yín
- 生老病死 shēng lǎo bìng sǐ
- 病国殃民 bìng guó yāng mín
- 病从口入 bìng cóng kǒu rù
- 病民害国 bìng mín hài guó
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