膏肓
Chinese
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Pronunciation
Noun
膏肓
- (traditional Chinese medicine) fat region between the heart and the diaphragm (near the apex of the heart, a region which is regarded in traditional Chinese medicine as being unreachable by medicament); vital organs; finalized disease; finalized illness; suffering of the humans and hardships of the popular
Derived terms
- 泉石膏肓
- 病入膏肓 (bìngrùgāohuāng)
- 病在膏肓
- 病染膏肓
- 膏肓之疾
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 膏 | 肓 |
| こう Jinmeiyō |
こう Hyōgaiji |
| on’yomi | |
From Middle Chinese 膏肓 (MC kaw xwang).
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