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不可救藥

简不可救药 · 繁不可救藥

Mandarin · pinyin bù kě jiù yào

see 無可救藥 wú kě jiù yào

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不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
可: kě · may, can, -able; possibly
救: jiù · save, rescue, relieve; help, aid
藥: Look up this written character
药: yào · leaf of Dahurian angelica plant; medicine

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4–3–4–4 · bu4 ke3 jiu4 yao4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

bat1 ho2 gau3 joek6

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(idiomatic) incurable; cureless; beyond cure
(figurative) hopeless; beyond help; incorrigible

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