舊病復發 jiù bìng fù fā

DEFINITIONS

  1. old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse
  2. fig. to repeat an old error
  3. the same old problem

CHARACTERS

舊 jiù old, ancient; former, past
病 bìng illness, sickness, disease
復 fù return; repeat; repeatedly
發 fā issue, dispatch, send out, emit