Correct
死马当活马医
/ sǐ mǎ dāng huó mǎ yī /
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Collocation
1
死马当活马医，说不定会出现转机
2
只能是死马当活马医啦
3
就死马当活马医，试一试吧
Definition
死马当活马医
Literally means:
doctor dead horse as if it were still alive
Actually means:
try last resort to save a hopeless situation
It figuratively means trying last resort to save a hopeless situation. It implies not giving up and making a last attempt in a hopeless situation.
比喻已经知道事情没有挽回的可能，但还是抱万一的希望，尽最后的努力进行挽救。意味着在绝望的情况下，没有轻易放弃，而是最后再做一次努力。
Example
Used as predicate, object, subject or as a minor sentence. (作谓语、宾句、主语、小语)
1
Yī
一
gè
个
bèi
被
dúshé
毒蛇
yǎoshāng
咬伤
、
zìzhǔ
自主
hūxī
呼吸
yǐjīng
已经
tíngzhǐ
停止
de
的
bìngrén
病人
,
jīng
经
yīshēng
医生
sǐmǎdānghuómǎyī
死马当活马医
,
zhùshè
注射
yī
一
zhǒng
种
tèzhì
特制
de
的
yàowù
药物
,
zhōngyú
终于
tuōlí
脱离
le
了
wēixiǎn
危险
。
A patient who was bitten by a poisonous snake and had his autonotic breathing stopped was finally out of danger after being given a special drug by a doctor who had died as a live horse doctor.
2
Wǒmen
我们
yǐjīng
已经
jìn
尽
zuì
最
dà
大
de
的
nǔlì
努力
le
了
,
xiànzài
现在
kànlai
看来
zhǐnéng
只能
shì
是
sǐmǎdānghuómǎyī
死马当活马医
le
了
。
We've tried our best, and now it seems that we can only be dead horses as live horse doctors.
3
Bùguǎn
不管
zěnmeyàng
怎么样
,
jiùshì
就是
sǐmǎdānghuómǎyī
死马当活马医
yě
也
yào
要
shìshì
试试
,
shuōbudìng
说不定
hái
还
néng
能
qǐsǐhuíshēng
起死回生
ne
呢
。
In any case, is the dead horse when the living horse doctor also want to try, perhaps can come back from the dead.