"不可救药 (bùkějiùyào)" literally means that someone is so sick that no medicine can bring him back to good health, to be beyond saving, or in other words, hopeless. Just like the English word "hopeless," "不可救药 (bùkějiùyào)" has evolved to describe someone who can't be changed in regard to some aspect of temperament, or character. It also defines someone who can't help but doing something. For example, do we have any hopeless romantics in our midst? You can also say "无可救药 (wúkějiùyào)" or "无药可救 (wúyàokějiù)" to mean the same thing.
In the dynasty of Zhou, there was an officer named Fan Bo who was exceptionally skilled in matters of governing the country. He came to serve Emperor Zhouliwang as an aid concerning affairs of the state. The emperor always………
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