created sense approved 病入膏肓 · bìngrùgāohuāng · terminally ill — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
病入膏肓
bìngrùgāohuāng
terminally ill
describing a disease that has advanced to an incurable stage, having reached the vitals (the area between the heart and diaphragm)
病 (literal) → 病 · bìng · to fall ill 入 (literal) → 入 · rù · to reach 膏肓 (literal) → 膏肓 · gāohuāng · vital organs
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 病入膏肓 · bìngrùgāohuāng · beyond cure — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
病入膏肓
bìngrùgāohuāng
beyond cure
metaphorically describing a situation or problem that has become hopeless or impossible to save
病 (literal) → 病 · bìng · to fall ill 入 (literal) → 入 · rù · to reach 膏肓 (literal) → 膏肓 · gāohuāng · vital organs
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition