jiǔ​bìng​chéng​yī

a long illness makes the patient a doctor

Senses

久病成医/ 久病成醫 jiǔ​bìng​chéng​yī a long illness makes the patient a doctor

(proverb) someone who has been sick for a long time eventually becomes an expert on the disease and its treatment; through long experience one becomes an expert

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