病急亂投醫

See also: 病急乱投医

Chinese

		ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect	hurried; worried	in confusion; disorderly	to throw; to send	medical; medicine; doctor medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat
trad. (病急亂投醫)		病	急	亂	投	醫
simp. (病急乱投医)		病	急	乱	投	医
Literally: “One who is critically ill will turn to any doctor he can find.”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìng jí luàn tóu yī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): beng⁶ gap¹ lyun⁶ tau⁴ ji¹
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): bên⁷ gib⁴ luang⁶ dao⁵ ui¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìng jí luàn tóu yī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄐㄧˊ ㄌㄨㄢˋ ㄊㄡˊ ㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìng jí luàn tóu yi
    • Wade–Giles: ping⁴ chi² luan⁴ tʻou² i¹
    • Yale: bìng jí lwàn tóu yī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binq jyi luann tour i
    • Palladius: бин цзи луань тоу и (bin czi luanʹ tou i)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵¹ t͡ɕi³⁵ lu̯än⁵¹ tʰoʊ̯³⁵ i⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: beng⁶ gap¹ lyun⁶ tau⁴ ji¹
    • Yale: behng gāp lyuhn tàuh yī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: beng⁶ gap⁷ lyn⁶ tau⁴ ji¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béng⁶ geb¹ lün⁶ teo⁴ yi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛːŋ²² kɐp̚⁵ lyːn²² tʰɐu̯²¹ jiː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: bên⁷ gib⁴ luang⁶ dao⁵ ui¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: pēⁿ kip luăng tâu ui
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pẽ¹¹ kip̚²⁻⁴ luaŋ³⁵⁻¹¹ tau⁵⁵⁻¹¹ ui³³/

Idiom

病急亂投醫

1. to turn to anyone for help or try anything in a desperate plight