看 kàn to see / to look at / to read / to watch / to visit / to call on / to consider / to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for syn 治疗 治療 zhì liáo to treat (an illness) / medical treatment / therapy syn 严重 嚴重 yán zhòng grave / serious / severe / critical syn 症状 症狀 zhèng zhuàng symptom (of an illness) syn 病情 bìng qíng state of an illness / patient's condition syn 发烧 發燒 fā shāo to have a high temperature (from illness) / to have a fever / (fig.) to be fascinated with / to obsess over / (fig.) flourishing / thriving / popular syn 病例 bìng lì (medical) case / occurrence of illness 反复 反復 fǎn fù repeatedly / over and over / to upend / unstable / to come and go / (of an illness) to return syn 沉重 chén zhòng heavy / hard / serious / critical syn 复原 復原 fù yuán to restore (sth) to (its) former condition / to recover from illness / recovery syn 痊愈 痊癒 quán yù to recover completely (from illness or injury) syn 关节 關節 guān jié joint (physiology) / key point / critical phase syn 走动 走動 zǒu dòng to walk around / to move about / to stretch one's legs / to go for a walk / to be mobile (e.g. after an illness) / to visit one another / to socialize / to pay a visit (go to the toilet) syn 险境 險境 xiǎn jìng critical circumstances / risky conditions / danger zone syn 危急 wēi jí critical / desperate (situation) syn 患有 huàn yǒu to contract (an illness) / to be afflicted with / to suffer from syn 病症 bìng zhèng disease / illness syn 安然无恙 安然無恙 ān rán wú yàng safe and sound (idiom) / to come out unscathed (e.g. from an accident or illness) syn 缠身 纏身 chán shēn (of an illness, debt etc) to plague one / to bog one down / to preoccupy one syn 失调 失調 shī tiáo imbalance / to become dysfunctional / to lack proper care (after an illness etc) syn 医治 醫治 yī zhì to treat (an illness) / medical treatment syn 加重 jiā zhòng to make heavier / to emphasize / (of an illness etc) to become more serious / to aggravate (a bad situation) / to increase (a burden, punishment etc) syn 治病 zhì bìng to treat an illness syn 尖锐 尖銳 jiān ruì sharp / intense / penetrating / pointed / acute (illness) syn 缠绵 纏綿 chán mián touching (emotions) / lingering (illness) syn 救治 jiù zhì to provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant) syn 发病 發病 fā bìng (of an illness) to occur / (of a person) to get sick / to fall ill / onset (of a medical condition) syn 重病 zhòng bìng serious illness 病痛 bìng tòng slight illness / indisposition / ailment syn 病倒 bìng dǎo to fall ill / to be stricken with an illness syn 绝症 絕症 jué zhèng incurable disease / terminal illness syn 昏睡 hūn shuì to sleep heavily (due to illness, fatigue etc) 垂危 chuí wēi close to death / life-threatening (illness) syn 病魔 bìng mó serious illness syn 节骨眼 節骨眼 jiē gu yǎn (dialect) critical juncture / crucial moment / Taiwan pr. [jie2 gu5 yan3] syn 举足轻重 舉足輕重 jǔ zú qīng zhòng to play a critical role (idiom) / influential syn 紧要 緊要 jǐn yào critical / crucial / vital syn 先机 先機 xiān jī critical opportunity 症候 zhèng hòu illness / disease syn 临界 臨界 lín jiè critical / boundary syn 老毛病 lǎo máo bìng chronic illness / old weakness / chronic problem syn 临界点 臨界點 lín jiè diǎn critical point / boundary point 养病 養病 yǎng bìng to recuperate / to convalesce / to take care of one's health after illness syn 旧病 舊病 jiù bìng old illness / former affliction syn 日趋 日趨 rì qū (increasing) day by day / (more critical) with every passing day / gradually syn 胃病 wèi bìng stomach trouble / stomach illness 对症下药 對症下藥 duì zhèng xià yào lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom) / fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps 吃紧 吃緊 chī jǐn in short supply / dire / tense / critical / hard-pressed / important syn 带病 帶病 dài bìng to be suffering from an illness (often implying "in spite of being sick") / to carry the causative agent of an infectious disease syn 临危 臨危 lín wēi dying (from illness) / facing death / on one's deathbed syn 坎儿 坎兒 kǎn r critical juncture / key moment syn 病况 病況 bìng kuàng state of an illness / patient's condition syn 危殆 wēi dài grave danger / in jeopardy / in a critical condition syn 病根 bìng gēn an incompletely cured illness / an old complaint / the root cause of trouble syn 病愈 病癒 bìng yù to recover (from an illness) syn 顽疾 頑疾 wán jí stubborn illness / chronic disease / fig. deep-seated problem / systemic issue 兵临城下 兵臨城下 bīng lín chéng xià soldiers at the city walls (idiom) / fig. at a critical juncture 病逝 bìng shì to die of illness syn 病故 bìng gù to die of an illness syn 急难 急難 jí nàn misfortune / crisis / grave danger / critical situation / disaster / emergency / to be zealous in helping others out of a predicament syn 关键时刻 關鍵時刻 guān jiàn shí kè key moment / critical time 大病 dà bìng serious illness 病死 bìng sǐ to fall ill and die / to die of illness 不治 bù zhì to die of illness or injury despite receiving medical help 罹患 lí huàn to suffer (from an illness) / to fall ill 重大事件 zhòng dà shì jiàn critical incident 对症 對症 duì zhèng correct diagnosis / to prescribe the right cure for an illness / to suit the medicine to the illness syn 百病 bǎi bìng every illness 小病 xiǎo bìng minor illness / indisposition 精神疾病 jīng shén jí bìng mental illness 死生 sǐ shēng life or death / critical (event) 无病呻吟 無病呻吟 wú bìng shēn yín to moan about imaginary illness / fussing like a hypochondriac / fig. sentimental nonsense syn 冯玉祥 馮玉祥 féng yù xiáng Feng Yuxiang (1882-1948), warlord during Republic of China, strongly critical of Chiang Kai-shek 久病 jiǔ bìng my old illness / chronic condition syn 惊风 驚風 jīng fēng infantile convulsion (illness affecting children esp. under the age of five, marked by muscular spasms) 装病 裝病 zhuāng bìng to feign illness / to malinger 烂尾 爛尾 làn wěi (of a construction project etc) unfinished / derailed (due to critical setbacks) 间不容发 間不容髮 jiān bù róng fà (to escape danger etc) by a hair's breadth (idiom) / in a critical state / on the brink of crisis / very close (to happening) / Taiwan pr. [jian4 bu4 rong2 fa3] syn 病势 病勢 bìng shì degree of seriousness of an illness / patient's condition 王充 wáng chōng Wang Chong (27-97), rationalist and critical philosopher 病 bìng illness / CL:場|场[chang2] / disease / to fall ill / defect syn 症 zhèng disease / illness syn 患 huàn to suffer (from illness) / to contract (a disease) / misfortune / trouble / danger / worry syn 紧要关头 緊要關頭 jǐn yào guān tóu urgent and important moment (idiom) / critical juncture syn 愈演愈烈 yù yǎn yù liè ever more critical / problems get more and more intense syn 难言之隐 難言之隱 nán yán zhī yǐn a hidden trouble hard to mention (idiom) / sth too embarrassing to mention / an embarrassing illness syn 染病 rǎn bìng to catch an illness / to get infected with a disease syn 笃 篤 dǔ serious (illness) / sincere / true syn 痊 quán to recover (from illness) syn 隐疾 隱疾 yǐn jí an unmentionable illness (e.g. venereal disease) 病苦 bìng kǔ pains (of illness) / sufferings (esp. in Buddhism) 沉疴 沉痾 chén kē chronic illness / (fig.) deep-rooted problem / longstanding issue syn 暴病 bào bìng sudden attack of a serious illness syn 省察 xǐng chá to examine / to cast a critical eye over (especially in the context of introspection) syn 急性病 jí xìng bìng acute illness / fig. impetuous / impatient 卡脖子 qiǎ bó zi to squeeze the throat / (fig.) to have in a stranglehold / critical syn 暴卒 bào zú to die of sudden illness / to die suddenly syn 病恹恹 病懨懨 bìng yān yān looking or feeling sickly / weak and dispirited through illness syn 害病 hài bìng to fall sick / to contract an illness syn 