Meaning of 膏肓
膏肓 means a critical and hard-to-reach part of the body; beyond cure. Pronounced gāo huāng.
- a critical and hard-to-reach part of the body; beyond cure
Definitions & Examples
Chéng成
yǔ语
'
bìng病
rù入
gāo膏
huāng肓
'
bǐ比
yù喻
bìng病
qíng情
huò或
shì事
tài态
yán严
zhòng重
dào到
wú无
fǎ法
wǎn挽
jiù救
de的
dì地
bù步
。
The idiom 'bìng rù gāo huāng' is a metaphor for an illness or situation being so serious that it is beyond cure.
Gǔ古
dài代
yī医
shū书
jiāng将
gāo膏
huāng肓
shì视
wéi为
jí疾
bù不
kě可
wéi为
de的
xiǎn险
yào要
zhī之
chù处
。
Ancient medical texts considered gāo huāng to be a critical area where illness becomes untreatable.