病入膏肓 Save Sign in to save words bìngrùgāohuāng ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄖㄨˋ ㄍㄠ ㄏㄨㄤ lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom) fig. beyond cure the situation is hopeless Character by character 病(bìng)illness 入(rù)enter 膏(gāo)ointment 肓(huāng)region between heart and diaphragm A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0