绝症 (jué zhèng) — incurable disease; fatal disease

Definition

Examples

• 他得了绝症，医生也没有办法。
  Tā dé le jué zhèng, yī shēng yě méi yǒu bàn fǎ.
  He got an incurable disease, and even the doctor has no way.
• 这种绝症目前还没有有效的治疗方法。
  Zhè zhǒng jué zhèng mù qián hái méi yǒu yǒu xiào de zhì liáo fāng fǎ.
  This incurable disease currently has no effective treatment.
• 面对绝症，他依然保持乐观。
  Miàn duì jué zhèng, tā yī rán bǎo chí lè guān.
  Facing an incurable disease, he still remains optimistic.