"死馬當活馬醫" meaning in Chinese

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "死马当活马医",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "死馬當活馬醫",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to medically treat a dead horse as a living horse",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese proverbs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin proverbs",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep trying everything in a desperate situation; to resort to desperate measures in desperate times"
      ],
      "id": "en-死馬當活馬醫-zh-phrase-vqcdurGb",
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "try",
          "try"
        ],
        [
          "desperate",
          "desperate"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ],
        [
          "resort",
          "resort"
        ],
        [
          "measure",
          "measure"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "sǐmǎ dàngzuò huómǎ yī",
          "word": "死馬當作活馬醫"
        },
        {
          "roman": "sǐmǎ dàngzuò huómǎ yī",
          "word": "死马当作活马医"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sǐmǎ dàng huómǎ yī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sǐmǎ dàng huómǎ yī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "símǎdànghuómǎyī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sǐhmǎ dàng huómǎ yi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ssŭ³-ma³ tang⁴ huo²-ma³ i¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sž-mǎ dàng hwó-mǎ yī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syymaa danq hwomaa i"
    },
    {
      "roman": "syma dan xoma i",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сыма дан хома и"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "死馬當活馬醫"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "死马当活马医",
      "tags": [
        "Simplified-Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "死馬當活馬醫",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to medically treat a dead horse as a living horse",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese proverbs",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 死",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 活",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 當",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 醫",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 馬",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Mandarin proverbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep trying everything in a desperate situation; to resort to desperate measures in desperate times"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "keep",
          "keep"
        ],
        [
          "try",
          "try"
        ],
        [
          "desperate",
          "desperate"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ],
        [
          "resort",
          "resort"
        ],
        [
          "measure",
          "measure"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sǐmǎ dàng huómǎ yī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sǐmǎ dàng huómǎ yī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin",
        "phonetic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "símǎdànghuómǎyī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄙˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄉㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ ㄇㄚˇ ㄧ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sǐhmǎ dàng huómǎ yi"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ssŭ³-ma³ tang⁴ huo²-ma³ i¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "sž-mǎ dàng hwó-mǎ yī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "syymaa danq hwomaa i"
    },
    {
      "roman": "syma dan xoma i",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "сыма дан хома и"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sz̩²¹⁴⁻³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑŋ⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵ mä²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "sǐmǎ dàngzuò huómǎ yī",
      "word": "死馬當作活馬醫"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sǐmǎ dàngzuò huómǎ yī",
      "word": "死马当作活马医"
    }
  ],
  "word": "死馬當活馬醫"
}