病危 bìng wēi to be critically ill / to be terminally ill syn 濒危 瀕危 bīn wēi endangered (species) / in imminent danger / critically ill syn 危重 wēi zhòng critically ill syn 病急乱投医 病急亂投醫 bìng jí luàn tóu yī lit. to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom) / fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis 绵惙 綿惙 mián chuò critically ill 病笃 病篤 bìng dǔ critically ill / on one's deathbed syn 多参数病人监视器 多參數病人監視器 multiline patient monitor / multiparameter patient monitor 人球 rén qiú person who is passed back and forth, with nobody willing to look after them (e.g. a child of divorced parents) / (esp.) patient who gets shuttled from hospital to hospital, each of which refuses to admit the patient for treatment 看诊 看診 kàn zhěn (of a doctor) to see a patient / to give a consultation / (of a patient) to see a doctor 麋鹿 mí lù Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), species of deer native to China that is critically endangered syn 斑鱉 bān biē Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), a critically endangered species 严重濒危 嚴重瀕危 critically endangered 斑鳖 斑鱉 bān biē Yangtze giant soft-shell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), a critically endangered species 参详 參詳 cān xiáng to collate and examine critically (texts etc) 思辨 sī biàn to think critically / (philosophy) to reason / to speculate syn 患者 huàn zhě patient / sufferer syn 病人 bìng rén sick person / patient / invalid / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 耐心 nài xīn to be patient / patience syn 病情 bìng qíng state of an illness / patient's condition syn 慢性 màn xìng slow and patient / chronic (disease) / slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison) syn 看病 kàn bìng to visit a doctor / to see a patient syn 救治 jiù zhì to provide critical care (to a patient or a diseased plant) syn 再发 再發 zài fā to reissue / (of a disease) to recur / (of a patient) to suffer a relapse 开刀 開刀 kāi dāo (of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (of a patient) to have an operation / to decapitate / to behead / to single out as a point of attack syn 不厌其烦 不厭其煩 bù yàn qí fán not to mind taking all the trouble (idiom) / to take great pains / to be very patient syn 探视 探視 tàn shì to visit (a patient, prisoner etc) / to look inquiringly syn 医患 醫患 yī huàn doctor-patient 忍让 忍讓 rěn ràng to exercise forbearance / patient and accommodating syn 自诉 自訴 zì sù private prosecution (law) / (of a patient) to describe (one's symptoms) 随访 隨訪 suí fǎng to accompany / (of a doctor etc) to do a follow-up (on a patient, client etc) 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 出诊 出診 chū zhěn to visit a patient at home (of a doctor) / house call 病号 病號 bìng hào sick personnel / person on the sick list / patient syn 治病救人 zhì bìng jiù rén to treat the disease to save the patient / to criticize a person in order to help him 转院 轉院 zhuǎn yuàn to transfer (a patient) to a different hospital / to transfer to hospital (e.g. a prisoner) 探病 tàn bìng to visit a sick person or patient 转诊 轉診 zhuǎn zhěn to transfer (a patient for treatment in a different hospital) 病员 病員 bìng yuán sick personnel / person on the sick list / patient syn 病况 病況 bìng kuàng state of an illness / patient's condition syn 病势 病勢 bìng shì degree of seriousness of an illness / patient's condition 病号服 病號服 patient clothes 久病成医 久病成醫 jiǔ bìng chéng yī (proverb) a long illness makes the patient into a doctor 艾滋病患者 ài zī bìng huàn zhě AIDS patient 辩证施治 辯證施治 biàn zhèng shī zhì diagnosis and treatment based on an overall analysis of the illness and the patient's condition 病家 bìng jiā a patient and his family syn 补法 補法 bǔ fǎ treatment involving the use of tonics to restore the patient's health / reinforcing method (in acupuncture) 冷热度数 冷熱度數 lěng rè dù shù temperature (esp. of medical patient) 患病者 huàn bìng zhě person suffering (from a disease or poisoning) / a patient 慢工出巧匠 màn gōng chū qiǎo jiàng patient work makes a skilled craftsman 慢工出细货 慢工出細貨 màn gōng chū xì huò patient work makes a fine product 病患 bìng huàn illness / disease / patient / sufferer 病者 bìng zhě sick person / patient 耐心帮助 耐心幫助 nài xīn bāng zhù forbearance / tolerance / patient help 脉诊 脈診 mài zhěn (TCM) diagnosis based on the patient's pulse / to make such a diagnosis 医密 醫密 yī mì patient confidentiality (medicine) 无反应患者 unresponsive patient 病员服 病員服 bìng yuán fù patient gown 曾接受过治疗的患者 曾接受過治療的患者 experienced patient 传送推车 傳送推車 patient transfer trolley / transport trolley 病人招募 patient enrollment / volunteer enrollment 久病成良医 久病成良醫 jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom) 心急吃不了热豆腐 心急吃不了熱豆腐 xīn jí chī bu liǎo rè dòu fu hasty men don't get to eat hot tofu (idiom) / one just has to be patient / haste will ruin everything 尝粪 嘗糞 cháng fèn to taste a patient's excrement (a form of medical examination, seen as an act of loyalty or filial piety) / to suck up to sb / to kiss ass 辨证施治 辨證施治 biàn zhèng shī zhì diagnosis and treatment based on an overall analysis of the illness and the patient's condition 长流水，不断线 長流水，不斷線 cháng liú shuǐ , bù duàn xiàn continuous and patient effort (idiom) 医闹 醫鬧 yī nào (neologism c. 2013) organized disruption of healthcare facilities or verbal and physical abuse of medical staff by an aggrieved patient or proxies such as family members or hired thugs, typically aimed at obtaining compensation 备皮 備皮 bèi pí to prep a patient's skin prior to surgery (shaving hair, cleansing etc) 医之好治不病以为功 醫之好治不病以為功 yī zhī hào zhì bù bìng yǐ wéi gōng doctors like to treat those who are not sick so that they can get credit for the patient's "recovery" (idiom) 动手术 動手術 dòng shǒu shù (of a surgeon) to operate (on sb) / (of a patient) to have an operation syn 主诉 主訴 zhǔ sù (medicine) to complain of / a patient's brief account of their illness / (law) main suit / principal claim 指检 指檢 zhǐ jiǎn (medicine) digital examination (of a patient's rectum, vagina etc) 零号病人 零號病人 líng hào bìng rén (epidemiology) patient zero 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell / feeling ill / to feel uncomfortable / uneasy 生病 shēng bìng to fall ill 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 不善 bù shàn bad / ill / not good at / not to be pooh-poohed / quite impressive syn 克星 剋星 kè xīng nemesis / bane / fated to be ill-matched 有病 yǒu bìng to be ill / (coll.) to be not right in the head syn 不自在 bù zì zai uneasy / ill at ease 患病 huàn bìng to fall ill syn 拘束 jū shù to restrict / to restrain / constrained / awkward / ill at ease / uncomfortable / reticent syn 病死 bìng sǐ to fall ill and die / to die of illness 油水 yóu shuǐ grease / profit / ill-gotten gains 罹患 lí huàn to suffer (from an illness) / to fall ill 命苦 mìng kǔ to be born under an ill star syn 得病 dé bìng to fall ill / to contract a disease syn 病倒 bìng dǎo to fall ill / to be stricken with an illness syn 病重 bìng zhòng seriously ill syn 拘泥 jū nì to be a stickler for formalities / to rigidly adhere to / to cling to / constrained / ill at ease syn 凶多吉少 兇多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / fig. inauspicious / everything points to disaster syn 重蹈 chóng dǎo (fig.) to follow (a path that has proved ill-advised) syn 褒贬 褒貶 bāo biǎn to appraise / to pass judgment on / to speak ill of / praise and censure / appraisal syn 横财 橫財 hèng cái easy money / windfall / ill-gotten gains / undeserved fortune / illegal profit syn 霉运 霉運 méi yùn ill luck / misfortune 芥蒂 jiè dì an obstruction / barrier / ill-feeling / grudge syn 分赃 分贓 fēn zāng to share the booty / to divide ill-gotten gains syn 不义之财 不義之財 bù yì zhī cái ill-gotten wealth or gains syn 犯病 fàn bìng to fall ill syn 作践 作踐 zuò jiàn to ill-use / to humiliate / to degrade / to ruin / also pr. [zuo2 jian4] syn 