东亚病夫
Dōng yà bìng fū
Pinyin

Definition

东亚病夫
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Dōng yà bìng fū
  1. (derog.) the sick man of Asia (term used in the West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to refer to China in its weakened state after the Opium Wars)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

丈夫
zhàng fu
  1. 1 husband
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
功夫
gōng fu
  1. 1 skill
  2. 2 art
  3. 3 kung fu
  4. 4 labor
  5. 5 effort
大夫
dà fū
  1. 1 senior official (in imperial China)
夫人
fū ren
  1. 1 lady
  2. 2 madam
  3. 3 Mrs.
  4. 4 CL:位[wèi]
夫妻
fū qī
  1. 1 husband and wife
  2. 2 married couple
夫妇
fū fù
  1. 1 a (married) couple
  2. 2 husband and wife
  3. 3 CL:對|对[duì]
姐夫
jiě fu
  1. 1 (coll.) older sister's husband
屠夫
tú fū
  1. 1 butcher
  2. 2 fig. murderous dictator
毛病
máo bìng
  1. 1 fault
  2. 2 defect
  3. 3 shortcomings
  4. 4 ailment
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
生病
shēng bìng
  1. 1 to fall ill
疾病
jí bìng
  1. 1 disease
  2. 2 sickness
  3. 3 ailment
病
bìng
  1. 1 illness
  2. 2 CL:場|场[cháng]
  3. 3 disease
  4. 4 to fall ill
  5. 5 defect
病人
bìng rén
  1. 1 sick person
  2. 2 patient
  3. 3 invalid
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
病毒
bìng dú
  1. 1 virus
神经病
shén jīng bìng
  1. 1 mental disorder
  2. 2 neuropathy
  3. 3 (derog.) mental case
传染病
chuán rǎn bìng
  1. 1 infectious disease
  2. 2 contagious disease
  3. 3 pestilence
冠心病
guān xīn bìng
  1. 1 coronary heart disease
凡夫
fán fū
  1. 1 common person
  2. 2 ordinary guy
  3. 3 mortal man
前夫
qián fū
  1. 1 former husband
坏血病
huài xuè bìng
  1. 1 scurvy

Idioms (20)

一夫当关，万夫莫开
yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi
  1. 1 one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
  1. 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
久病成良医
jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī
  1. 1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
切中时病
qiè zhòng shí bìng
  1. 1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
  2. 2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针
zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn
  1. 1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
  2. 2 cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
  3. 3 to study diligently
同病相怜
tóng bìng xiāng lián
  1. 1 fellow sufferers empathize with each other (idiom); misery loves company
丧心病狂
sàng xīn bìng kuáng
  1. 1 deranged
  2. 2 demented
  3. 3 berserk (idiom)
国家兴亡，匹夫有责
guó jiā xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé
  1. 1 The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
多愁多病
duō chóu duō bìng
  1. 1 much sorrows and illness (idiom); melancholy and weakly
天下兴亡，匹夫有责
tiān xià xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé
  1. 1 The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
夫妻反目
fū qī fǎn mù
  1. 1 man and wife fall out (idiom, from Book of Changes); marital strife
民贼独夫
mín zéi dú fū
  1. 1 tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
无毒不丈夫
wú dú bù zhàng fu
  1. 1 no poison, no great man (idiom); A great man has to be ruthless.
独夫民贼
dú fū mín zéi
  1. 1 tyrant and oppressor of the people (idiom); traitorous dictator
病来如山倒，病去如抽丝
bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī
  1. 1 sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
病入膏肓
bìng rù gāo huāng
  1. 1 lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure
  2. 2 the situation is hopeless
病国殃民
bìng guó yāng mín
  1. 1 to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
病从口入
bìng cóng kǒu rù
  1. 1 Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat!
  2. 2 fig. A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
病从口入，祸从口出
bìng cóng kǒu rù , huò cóng kǒu chū
  1. 1 Illness enters by the mouth, trouble comes out by the mouth (idiom). A loose tongue may cause a lot of trouble.
病急乱投医
bìng jí luàn tóu yī
  1. 1 lit. to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom); fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis

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