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Home / Idiom / 病入膏肓

lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure · the situation is hopeless

病入膏肓
bìng rù gāo huāng
b+ìng·4th toner+ù·4th toneg+āo·1st toneh+uāng·1st tone
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
one's days (or hours) are numbered人命危浅rén mìng wēi qiǎnto approach one's coffin (idiom); with one foot in the grave行将就木xíng jiāng jiù mùto be critically ill · to be terminally ill病危bìng wēi(idiom) (of an illness) incurable; (of a person, behavior etc) incorrigible; beyond any possibility of correction无可救药wú kě jiù yào
Antonyms
(idiom) (of a doctor) to effect a miracle cure妙手回春miào shǒu huí chūn(in praise of a doctor's skill) sickness retires at his touch手到病除shǒu dào bìng chú
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