缠身 chán shēn

difficult to get rid of

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 11013th word

Definitions

  1. 1. difficult to get rid of
  2. 2. (of an illness, debt etc) to plague sb
  3. 3. to preoccupy sb

Characters

Character Meaning
缠 chán HSK 6
to wind around; to wrap round; to coil
身 shēn HSK 2
body; oneself; personally