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28 瀉肚 子 吃補藥
瀉肚子吃補藥
─白費。
白費
瀉肚 子 的時候，
瀉肚子的時候
腸胃 不 能吸收，
腸胃不能吸收
吃了補藥，
吃了補藥
也一樣排泄出去，
也一樣排泄出去
等於白吃。
等於白吃
比喻徒勞無功。
比喻徒勞無功
To take a tonic when one has the diarrhea ─ all for nothing.
The medicinal benefits of a tonic cannot, of course, be absorbed
when one is suffering from diarrhea and are wasted.
This describes doing something in vain.
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