{"path":"/entry/74467","title":"病入膏肓 (bìng rù gāo huāng) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"病入膏肓 (bìng rù gāo huāng): literally the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom) · figuratively beyond cure. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":74467,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["病入膏肓"],"TRADITIONAL":["病入膏肓"]}},"phonetic":"bìng rù gāo huāng","phoneticKey":"bing4 ru4 gao1 huang1","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally the disease has attacked the vitals ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"figuratively beyond cure","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"the situation is hopeless","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN","VERB"],"frequency":21156,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[{"label":null,"relations":[{"kind":"SYNONYM","readingId":2303,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["不可救药"],"TRADITIONAL":["不可救藥"]}},"phonetic":"bù kě jiù yào","gloss":{"simplified":"see 无可救药","traditional":"see 無可救藥"}}],"primary":true}],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"公疾病，求医于秦，秦伯使医缓为之。未至，公梦疾为二竖子，曰：「彼良医也，惧伤我焉逃之？」其一曰：「居肓之上、膏之下，若我何？」医至，曰：「疾不可为也，在肓之上，膏之下，攻之不可，达之不及，药不至焉，不可为也。」公曰：「良医也。」厚为之礼而归之。","traditional":"公疾病，求醫於秦，秦伯使醫緩為之。未至，公夢疾為二豎子，曰：「彼良醫也，懼傷我焉逃之？」其一曰：「居肓之上、膏之下，若我何？」醫至，曰：「疾不可為也，在肓之上，膏之下，攻之不可，達之不及，藥不至焉，不可為也。」公曰：「良醫也。」厚為之禮而歸之。"},"phonetic":"Gōng jíbìng, qiúyī yú qín, qín bó shǐ yī huǎn wèi zhī. Wèi zhì, gōng mèng jí wèi èr shùzǐ, yuē: “Bǐ liángyī yě, jù shāng wǒ yān táo zhī?” Qí yī yuē: “Jū huāng zhī shàng、 gāo zhī xià, ruò wǒ hé?” Yī zhì, yuē: “Jí bùkě wèi yě, zài huāng zhī shàng， gāo zhī xià, gōng zhī bùkě, dá zhī bùjí, yào bùzhì yān, bùkě wèi yě.” Gōng yuē: “Liángyī yě.” Hòu wèi zhī lǐ ér guī zhī.","english":"Duke Jing of Jin was sick. He tried to find a doctor in Qin. The Count of Qin (Duke Huan of Qin) sent a doctor called Huan to cure him. Before Doctor Huan arrived, Duke Jing had a dream in which his disease appeared as two children. One of them said, \"He's a good doctor. I'm afraid that he will harm us. Where should we hide ourselves?\" The other said, \"Let's go to the fat region between the heart and the diaphragm. Then he can't get rid of us.\" When Doctor Huan arrived, he said, \"This disease can't be cured. It's at the fat region between the heart and the diaphragm. Neither medicine nor acupuncture would be effective, so it can't be cured.\" Duke Jing replied, \"You're a good doctor\". He then offered generous gifts to Doctor Huan and saw him out.","ref":"Commentary of Zuo, c. 4ᵗʰ century BCE"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}