久病成良医 jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī

long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
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Definitions

  1. 1. long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
久 jiǔ HSK 3
(long) time; (long) duration of time
病 bìng HSK 2
to fall ill; illness; disease
成 chéng HSK 3
to become; to succeed; to complete
良 liáng HSK 5
good; very; very much
医 yī HSK 1
doctor; medical; medicine