病膏肓に入る

やまいこうこうにいる

Also written やまいこうもうにいる

Meanings

1. Expression, Godan verb to become seriously ill; to catch an incurable illness
2. to become a slave of a habit

Kanji

• 病 illness. Read as やまい.
• 膏 fat; grease; lard. Read as コウ.
• 肓 interior region of the body too deep to be reached by acupuncture. Read as コウ.
• 入 enter. Read as いる.

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