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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 病入膏肓
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 病入膏肓 | bìng rù gāo huāng | - lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure - the situation is hopeless |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 21,135 | 49,796 | 27,651 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 病 | bìng | - illness - CL:場|场[chang2] - disease - to fall ill - defect |
| 入 | rù | - to enter; to go into - to join; to become a member of - (bound form) to conform to (as in 入時|入时[ru4shi2]) - abbr. for 入聲|入声[ru4sheng1] - (on product packaging, after {number n} + {classifier}) containing (n pieces) (from Japanese 入 "iri") |
| 膏 | gāo | - ointment - paste - CL:帖[tie3] |
| 膏 | gào | - to moisten - to grease - to apply (cream, ointment) - to dip a brush in ink |
| 肓 | huāng | - region between heart and diaphragm |
Other Words Containing 病入膏肓
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 病入膏肓 | - | - | 21,135 | 49,796 | 27,651 |