死马当活马医
死马当活马医
sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī
lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom); fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation
idiom
Traditional: 死馬當活馬醫
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- (idiom) lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom)
- fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation
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Related Words
一不做，二不休(yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū)· don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
→一命呜呼(yī mìng wū hū)· to die (idiom)
→以其人之道，还治其人之身(yǐ qí rén zhī dào , huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn)· to use an opponent's own methods to obtain retribution (idiom, from Song dynasty neo-Confucianist Zhu Xi 朱熹); to get revenge by playing sb back at his own game
→以眼还眼(yǐ yǎn huán yǎn)· an eye for an eye (idiom); fig. to use the enemy's methods against him
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