wú​yào​kě​jiù

incurable

  • created reference approved 无药可救/無藥可救 → 不可救药/不可救藥 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无药可救 / 無藥可救 wú​yào​kě​jiù

    不可救药 / 不可救藥 bù​kě​jiù​yào

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 无药可救/無藥可救 → 无可救药/無可救藥 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无药可救 / 無藥可救 wú​yào​kě​jiù

    无可救药 / 無可救藥 wú​kě​jiù​yào

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 无药可救/無藥可救 · wú​yào​kě​jiù · incurable — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    无药可救 / 無藥可救

    wú​yào​kě​jiù

    incurable

    literally "no medicine can save it"; used for an illness that is terminal or figuratively for a situation or person that is beyond redemption or incorrigible

    无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 药 (literal) → 药/藥 · yào · medicine 可 (literal) → 可 · kě · can 救 (literal) → 救 · jiù · to treat

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense