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久病成医

jiǔ bìng chéng yīdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
(proverb) a long illness makes the patient into a doctor
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-99222595027b57de. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

久病成醫 久病成医 [jiu3 bing4 cheng2 yi1] /(proverb) a long illness makes the patient into a doctor/

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Reference information

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Other forms in these source records: 久病成醫

  • 久
    jiǔ

    (of a period of time) long

  • 病
    bìng

    illness / CL:場|场[cháng] / disease / to fall ill / defect

  • 成
    chéng

    to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth

    Chéng

    surname Cheng / short name for Chengdu 成都[Chéng dū]

  • 医
    yī

    medical / medicine / doctor / to cure / to treat

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.