huāng

肓

Character · Noun

body region; surname

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Meanings

2 senses · 2 examples
1.

noun

region below the heart and above the diaphragm

literary

This word is almost never used independently in modern Chinese. Its sole common modern usage is in the idiom 病入膏肓.

Gǔ古
dài代
yī医
shū书
rèn认
wéi为
 ，
bìng病
rù入
gāo膏
huāng肓
zé则
wú无
yào药
kě可
yī医
 。

Ancient medical texts believed that if a disease reaches the region between the heart and diaphragm, it is incurable.

2.

noun

surname Huāng

A rare surname.

Huāng肓
xiān先
shēng生
shì是
wèi位
zhù著
míng名
de的
xué学
zhě者
 。

Mr. Huang is a famous scholar.