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藥石罔效
  joek6 sek6 mong5 haau6   jyutping
  yao4 shi2 wang3 xiao4   pinyin
be in critical condition; very sick; medicine is of no avail | also 病入膏肓

Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
藥石罔效 / 药石罔效

This word has been viewed 1201 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:

 joek6  -  medicine
 sek6 daam3  -  stone; rock; stone inscription
 mong5  -  no; not; without
 haau6  -  effect; devote
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