「病入膏肓」
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| Pronunciation: | beng6 jap6 gou1 fong1 |
| Individual Character Meaning: |
病 illness; disease; to be ill; to be sick 入 to enter; to go into; to be admitted into; to join; to participate; to buy; to stock up on; to conform to; to agree with 膏 ointment; paste; animal fat 肓 |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Explanation: |
beyond cure; terminally ill; literally: the disease has spread to the organs which cannot be reached by medicine
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