死马当活马医

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 死马当活马医 – see 死馬當活馬醫 (“to medically treat a dead horse as a living horse; to keep trying everything in a desperate situation; to resort to desperate measures in desperate times”). (This term is the simplified form of 死馬當活馬醫).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.