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病入膏肓
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the disease has attacked the vitals - beyond cure Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1873 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 8th Apr 2006 20:42 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:病 beng6 bing6 - sick; ill; defect; fault入 jap6 - enter 膏 gou1 gou3 - grease; fat; oil; cream; paste; ointment 肓 fong1 - vital organs |
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: the Cantonese pronunciation of the word in jyutping.
Also, CantoDict uses a unique "asterisk (*)" convention, to show readings such as jyu4*2. For more information please see CantoDict Tone Conventions.
: the Mandarin pronunciation of the word in pinyin (only if present).