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无可救药

wú kě jiù yào

4-character word Traditional 無可救藥

What 无可救药 means

1. idiom(of an illness) incurable; (of a person, behavior etc) incorrigible; beyond any possibility of correction

The characters in 无可救药

• 无wúnot to have; no; none
• 可kě(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit
• 救jiùto save; to assist; to rescue
• 药yàoleaf of the iris; variant of 药

Example sentences

• 汤姆无可救药。
  Tom is incorrigible.
• 他是个无可救药的家伙。
  Tā shì gè wúkějiùyào de jiāhuo.
  He's a hopeless case.