病入膏肓 (bìng rù gāo huāng) |
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In the Spring and Autumn Period (chūn qiū 春秋时期,770-476 BC), King Jing of the State of Jin (Jìn guó 晋国) fell ill. One night he dreamed that the disease turned into two small figures talking beside him. One said, ‘I’m afraid the doctor will hurt us.’ The other said, ‘Do not worry. We can hide above huang and below gao. Then the doctor will be able to do nothing to us.’ The next day, having examined the king, the doctor said, ‘Your disease is incurable, I am afraid, Your Majesty. It’ above huang and below gao, where no medicine can reach.’ 晋景公听了,心想医生所说,果然验证了自己梦见的两个小孩的对话,便点了点头说:“你的医术真高明啊!”说毕,叫人送了一份厚礼给医生,让他回秦国去了。不过这只是一个传说! 现在意指病已危重到了无法救治的地步。亦喻事情到了无可挽回的地步。 病入膏肓 (bìng rù gāo huāng)
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