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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 久病成医

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
久病成医 jiǔ bìng chéng yī - (proverb) a long illness makes the patient into a doctor

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 90,298 42,677

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jiǔ- (of a period of time) long
bìng- illness
- CL:場|场[chang2]
- disease
- to fall ill
- defect
chéng- surname Cheng
- short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2du1]
chéng- to succeed
- to finish
- to complete
- to accomplish
- to become
- to turn into
- to be all right
- OK!
- one tenth
- medical
- medicine
- doctor
- to cure
- to treat

Other Words Containing 久病成医

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo