积劳成疾 jī láo chéng jí

to fall ill from long overwork

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to accumulate work causes sickness (idiom); to fall ill from constant overwork

Characters

Character Meaning
积 jī HSK 4
to accumulate; to amass; to store
劳 láo HSK 5
labor; to toil; to put sb to trouble (of doing sth)
成 chéng HSK 3
to become; to succeed; to complete
疾 jí HSK 6
disease; sickness; swift