病入膏肓
bìng rù gāo huāng
Pinyin

Definition

病入膏肓
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bìng rù gāo huāng
  1. lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure
  2. the situation is hopeless

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

入
rù
  1. 1 to enter
  2. 2 to go into
  3. 3 to join
  4. 4 to become a member of
  5. 5 to confirm or agree with
  6. 6 abbr. for 入聲|入声[rù shēng]
入住
rù zhù
  1. 1 to check in (at a hotel etc)
入口
rù kǒu
  1. 1 entrance
  2. 2 to import
入睡
rù shuì
  1. 1 to fall asleep
加入
jiā rù
  1. 1 to become a member
  2. 2 to join
  3. 3 to mix into
  4. 4 to participate in
  5. 5 to add in

Idioms (20)

一拥而入
yī yōng ér rù
  1. 1 to swarm in (of people etc) (idiom)
一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
  1. 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
上天入地
shàng tiān rù dì
  1. 1 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to go to great lengths
  3. 3 to search heaven and earth
上天无路，入地无门
shàng tiān wú lù , rù dì wú mén
  1. 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
  3. 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Sample Sentences

病人本来就已经病入膏肓了，先前我也再三说明过，动这个手术风险不小，但是不动手术绝对撑不过一个礼拜，当初也请家属签过同意书的。
bìngrén běnlái jiù yǐjīng bìngrùgāohuāng le ，xiānqián wǒ yě zàisān shuōmíng guò ，dòng zhè ge shǒushù fēngxiǎn bù xiǎo ，dànshì bù dòngshǒushù juéduì chēng bùguò yī ge lǐbài ，dāngchū yě qǐng jiāshǔ qiān guò tóngyìshū de 。
Doctor: The illness was too advanced and there's nothing we could do, I explained that there were many risks to the operation to you several times before, but if she hadn't had the operation, she wouldn't have survived a week. You also signed a consent form.
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