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Chinese
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to die; impassable; uncrossable to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid |
horse; surname
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to act as; represent; equal to act as; represent; equal; should; fitting; suitable; adequate; proper; replace; to be; to hold a position; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; match equally; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at |
to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship |
horse; surname
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medical; medicine; doctor medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat |
| trad. (死馬當活馬醫)
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死
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馬
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當
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活
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馬
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醫
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| simp. (死马当活马医)
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死
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马
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当
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活
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马
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医
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| Literally: “to medically treat a dead horse as a living horse”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
死馬當活馬醫
- to keep trying everything in a desperate situation; to resort to desperate measures in desperate times
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