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久病成医
jiǔ​bìng​chéng​yī

a long illness makes the patient a doctor

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 久 jiǔ adjective
    long
    of a long duration; for a long time
  2. 病 bìng noun
    illness
    illness; disease; physical or mental sickness
  3. 成 chéng verbparticle
    to become
    to become; to turn into; to change into
  4. 医 醫 yī nounverb
    doctor
    (bound form) doctor of medicine, such as in 医生 yī​shēng or 牙医 yá​yī