病急亂投醫 bìng jí luàn tóu yī

try anything in a crisis; clutch at straws

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom); fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis

Characters

Character Meaning
病 bìng HSK 2
to fall ill; illness; disease
急 jí HSK 3
urgent; rapid; hurried
亂 luàn
in confusion or disorder; disorder; to mix up
投 tóu HSK 5
to send; to cast; to throw oneself (into the river etc)
醫 yī
doctor; medical; medicine