- 病入膏肓 bìngrùgāohuāng terminally illdescribing a disease that has advanced to an incurable stage, having reached the vitals (the area between the heart and diaphragm)
- 膏肓之疾 gāohuāngzhījí fatal diseasea critical or incurable illness
- 泉石膏肓 quánshígāohuāng obsession with natureA deep, habitual love of mountain scenery and natural landscapes; literally "mountain springs and rocks in one's vital organs," meaning the obsession is like an incurable disease
- 膏肓 gāohuāng vital organsthe area between the heart and the diaphragm, traditionally considered unreachable by medicine; also used to describe a terminal illness or deep-seated trouble when used in the phrase [[病入膏肓|病入膏肓|bing4 ru4 gao1 huang1]]
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- MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CH