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  *病* | 病* | *病
illness / CL: 場|场 / disease / to fall ill / defect
HSK 1
to fall ill
HSK 1
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  *闹* | 闹* | *闹
noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke
HSK 4
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later
to be ill / (coll.) to be not right in the head
unwell / feeling ill / to feel uncomfortable / uneasy
leave it to me (idiom) / I'll take care of it
to dilly-dally on the pretence of being ill / to malinger
(of an illness) to occur / (of a person) to get sick; to fall ill / onset (of a medical condition)
HSK 6
bad / ill / not good at / not to be pooh-poohed / quite impressive
to share the booty; to divide ill-gotten gains
HSK 7-9
uneasy / ill at ease
All the ill effects appear. (idiom)
to ill-use / to humiliate / to degrade / to ruin / also pr. [zuo2 jian4]
lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / fig. inauspicious; everything points to disaster
toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor / to exchange gifts / Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
to be a stickler for formalities / to rigidly adhere to / to cling to / constrained / ill at ease
where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish.
ignorant and inexperienced / ill-informed and narrow-minded
HSK 7-9
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
to fall ill / to contract a disease
to fall ill
HSK 7-9
an obstruction / barrier / ill-feeling / grudge
seriously ill
critically ill
to restrict / to restrain / constrained / awkward / ill at ease / uncomfortable / reticent
HSK 7-9
a connection (sb with whom one has dealings on the basis of "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours")
malice / ill will
easy money / windfall / ill-gotten gains / undeserved fortune / illegal profit
to apply eye drops / (fig.) to speak ill of sb / to bad-mouth
(I'll) teach you a lesson / put you in your place
abstain from certain food (as when ill) / avoid certain foods / be on a diet
HSK 7-9
ill-fated relationship
to accumulate work causes sickness (idiom); to fall ill from constant overwork
critically ill patient
ill omen
to be critically ill / to be terminally ill
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  *嘎* | 嘎* | *嘎
(dialect) ill-tempered; ornery / (dialect) naughty; mischievous
to suffer (from an illness) / to fall ill
where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish.
crude and ill-educated (idiom)
(fig.) to follow (a path that has proved ill-advised)
seriously ill and about to die
cramped / ill at ease
to appraise / to pass judgment on / to speak ill of / praise and censure / appraisal
to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom). / Be careful not to trust foreigners. / Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!
to fall ill
the monk can run away, but the temple won't run with him (idiom) / you can run this time, but you'll have to come back / I'll get you sooner or later / also written 跑得了和尚跑不了廟|跑得了和尚跑不了庙
network of people with whom one has dealings on the basis of "scratch my back and I'll scratch yours"
deathly ill
lit. to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom); fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis
add firewood to put out the flames (idiom); fig. ill-advised action that only makes the problem worse / to add fuel to the fire
to fall ill / to be stricken with an illness
nemesis / bane / fated to be ill-matched
to fall ill
to be born under an ill star
a dog biting Lü Dongbin (idiom) / to ill reward a person's kindness
where there's a start, there's a finish (idiom); to finish once one starts sth / to carry things through / I started, so I'll finish.
(idiom) to mistake good intentions for ill will
a donkey's liver and lungs; (fig.) ill intent
cramps / muscular spasm / fig. constrained / ill at ease
grease / profit / ill-gotten gains
ill-founded / groundless
to be born with a weak constitution and suffer from ill health during one's life / (fig.) to be problematic from the start, and get even worse over time
ill luck / misfortune
Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)
lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom) / fig. you go your way, I'll go mine / you do it your way, I'll do it mine
lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
ignorant / ill-informed
ills of the day / contemporary problems
seriously ill / critical
windfall / easy money / ill-gotten gains
to feel ill at ease
ill at ease / uncomfortable
endangered (species) / in imminent danger / critically ill
critically ill
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  *痯* | 痯* | *痯
ill-looking
to fall ill and die / to die of illness
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  *瘏* | 瘏* | *瘏
be injured / ill (of animals)
rough / coarse / crude / without due care / ill-considered
ill-gotten wealth or gains
momentary slip / false step / ill-considered action
the eight distresses - birth, age, sickness, death, parting with what we love, meeting with what we hate, unattained aims, and all the ills of the five skandhas (Buddhism)
to be ill; to be in poor health
poverty compounded by ill health (idiom)
to raise an ill wind
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  *痻* | 痻* | *痻
to be ill
lit. to prescribe moxibustion for oneself when not ill; to cause oneself trouble with superfluous action
the year's horoscope augurs ill (idiom); an unlucky year
ill in bed; bed-ridden
to feel ill at ease
ill (euphemism)
critically ill; on one's deathbed
to cure ills with poison (TCM) / to fight evil with evil / set a thief to catch a thief / to fight fire with fire
unwell / indisposed / out of sorts / euphemism or honorific for ill
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  *谤* | 谤* | *谤
to slander / to defame / to speak ill of
north China navy (esp. the ill-fated Chinese navy in the 1895 war with Japan)
the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom); fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good / also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
somewhat ill, but still able to sit up

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