死馬當作活馬醫

See also: 死马当作活马医

Chinese

		dead	horse	to treat as; to regard as; to take for to treat as; to regard as; to take for; to think of as; to be considered as; to be regarded as	living	horse	to cure; to treat
trad. (死馬當作活馬醫)		死	馬	當作	活	馬	醫
simp. (死马当作活马医)		死	马	当作	活	马	医
Literally: “to treat/cure a dead horse as if it were alive”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sǐmǎ dàngzuò huómǎ yī

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄧ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sǐmǎ dàngzuò huómǎ yī [Phonetic: símǎdàngzuòhuómǎyī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄤˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sǐhmǎ dàngzuò huómǎ yi
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ³-ma³ tang⁴-tso⁴ huo²-ma³ i¹
    • Yale: sž-mǎ dàng-dzwò hwó-mǎ yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syymaa danqtzuoh hwomaa i
    • Palladius: сыма данцзо хома и (syma danczo xoma i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡su̯ɔ⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵/

Verb

死馬當作活馬醫

1. (idiomatic) to make a forlorn effort to rescue a hopeless situation; to make a Hail Mary pass

Synonyms

• 死馬當活馬醫／死马当活马医 (sǐmǎ dàng huómǎ yī)