long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
trad. 久病成良醫
Also written 久病成良醫【jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī】
Characters in this word
5久
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(of a period of time) long
- Pinyin
- jiǔ
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 1014 of 2500
病
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illness, CL:場|场[chang2], disease, to fall ill, defect
- Pinyin
- bìng
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 1337 of 2500
成
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surname Cheng, short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]
- Pinyin
- Chéng
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 677 of 2500
良
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good, very, very much
- Pinyin
- liáng
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 34938 of 2500
医
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medical, medicine, doctor, to cure, to treat
- Pinyin
- yī
- Traditional
- 醫
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 35751 of 2500