Lingaku- lit. to give medicine to a dead horse (idiom)
- fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to keep trying everything in a desperate situation
This idiom is used to describe the act of making an effort to remedy a hopeless situation, even when success seems unlikely. It reflects a sense of determination and a willingness to try anything despite the odds.
zài在zhè这cì次kǎo shì考试Zhōng中，tā他gǎn dào感到bù ān不安，dàn但tā他jué dìng决定sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī死马当活马医，nǔ lì努力fù xí复习。
During this exam, he felt anxious, but he decided to try everything possible to study hard.
suī rán虽然xiàng mù项目yǐ jīng已经shī bài失败le了，tā men他们hái shi还是jué dìng决定sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī死马当活马医，zài cì再次jìn xíng进行tuī guǎng推广。
Although the project has already failed, they decided to try everything in desperation and promote it once more.
Generated collocations (experimental)
sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī死马当活马医to keep trying everything in a desperate situationzài在jué jìng绝境Zhōng中sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī死马当活马医to try everything possible in a dire situationsǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī死马当活马医de的tài du态度a desperate attitude of trying all optionsmiàn duì面对kùn nan困难sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī死马当活马医to maintain a "last-ditch" effort in the face of difficultiesyòng用sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī死马当活马医de的fāng fǎ方法methods of trying whatever workshé zuò合作shí时sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī死马当活马医to cooperate with a desperate mindsetzài在wēi jī危机Zhōng中sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī死马当活马医to take desperate measures in a crisisduì yú对于shī bài失败sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī死马当活马医to take desperate actions in the face of failureyǒu shí有时sǐ mǎ dàng huó mǎ yī死马当活马医shì是bì yào必要de的sometimes, desperate measures are necessary