久病成醫 jiǔ bìng chéng yī

(proverb) a long illness makes the patient into a doctor

Word data

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Definitions

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

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
醫 yī
doctor; medical; medicine