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不治之症

bù zhì zhī zhèng

4-character word

What 不治之症 means

1. incurable disease

The characters in 不治之症

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 治zhìto rule; to govern; to manage
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 症zhèngdisease; illness

Example sentences

• 他患了不治之症。
  Tā huàn le bùzhìzhīzhèng.
  He has an incurable disease.

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