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病入膏肓
bìng rù gāo huāng
What 病入膏肓 means
- lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure
- the situation is hopeless
The characters in 病入膏肓
- 病bìngillness; disease; to fall ill
- 入rùto enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时
- 膏gāoointment; paste
- 肓huāngregion between heart and diaphragm
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