药石无医
“prison beyond saving.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
“You don't walk out of the Three Judicial Offices'”
药石无医
“prison beyond saving.”
没想到啊
“I never expected this.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
'Yao' refers to herbal medicines and 'shi' refers to ancient stone acupuncture needles, traditionally symbolizing all available medical remedies.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
incurable; beyond medical help; hopeless
A classical four-character idiom used in literary or formal contexts to describe an incurable terminal condition or an unrecoverable situation.