lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom); fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation
trad. 死馬當活馬醫
Also written 死馬當活馬醫【sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī】
Characters in this word
5死
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to die, impassable, uncrossable, inflexible, rigid, extremely, damned
- Pinyin
- sǐ
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 113 of 2500
马
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surname Ma, abbr. for Malaysia 馬來西亞|马来西亚[Ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4]
- Pinyin
- Mǎ
- Traditional
- 馬
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1030 of 2500
当
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(onom.) dong, ding dong (bell)
- Pinyin
- dāng
- Traditional
- 噹
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 145 of 2500
活
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to live, alive, living, work, workmanship
- Pinyin
- huó
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 1301 of 2500
医
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medical, medicine, doctor, to cure, to treat
- Pinyin
- yī
- Traditional
- 醫
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 35751 of 2500