nan y
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incurable
Adjective
incurable
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2 Components
Meaning
1 senses
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Meaning
1 senses
Sense 1
Adjective
incurable Health, Diet & Medical Care
Describing a medical condition or disease that is extremely difficult to cure.
vi Ông ấy đang phải chiến đấu với một căn bệnh nan y.
en He is fighting an incurable disease.
Parts
nan / y / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 難醫 …
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Parts
nan / y / Sino-Vietnamese; the character is 難醫 …
OriginSino-Vietnamese; the character is 難醫
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
難醫
Candidates by syllable
nan
難（𥸁）
y
衣（醫 / 依 / 伊）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
vô phương cứu chữa / nan trị / nan giải / Nan …
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Similar
vô phương cứu chữa / nan trị / nan giải / Nan …
Use
nhất ngôn ký xuất, tứ mã nan truy / tiến thoái lưỡng nan / gian nan / từ nan …
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Use
nhất ngôn ký xuất, tứ mã nan truy / tiến thoái lưỡng nan / gian nan / từ nan …