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藥石罔效
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be in critical condition; very sick; medicine is of no avail | also 病入膏肓 Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1862 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 8th Sep 2009 03:25 and last edited on 8th Sep 2009 05:10 |
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Characters in this word:藥 joek6 - medicine石 sek6 daam3 - stone; rock; stone inscription 罔 mong5 - no; not; without 效 haau6 - effect; devote |
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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).