1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
切中时病
qiè zhòng shí bìng
1 to hit the target where it hurts (idiom); fig. to hit home
2 to hit the nail on the head (in an argument)
同病相怜
tóng bìng xiāng lián
1 fellow sufferers empathize with each other (idiom); misery loves company
吴下阿蒙
Wú xià ā Méng
1 General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
丧心病狂
sàng xīn bìng kuáng
1 deranged
2 demented
3 berserk (idiom)
多愁多病
duō chóu duō bìng
1 much sorrows and illness (idiom); melancholy and weakly
病来如山倒，病去如抽丝
bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī
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 lit. the disease has attacked the vitals (idiom); fig. beyond cure
2 the situation is hopeless
病国殃民
bìng guó yāng mín
1 to damage the country and cause suffering to the people (idiom)
病从口入
bìng cóng kǒu rù
1 Illness enters by the mouth (idiom). Mind what you eat!
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 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 lit. to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom); fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis
病民害国
bìng mín hài guó
1 to damage the people and harm the country (idiom)
病民蛊国
bìng mín gǔ guó
1 to damage the people and harm the country (idiom)
旧病复发
jiù bìng fù fā
1 old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse
2 fig. to repeat an old error
3 the same old problem
药到病除
yào dào bìng chú
1 lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom)
2 fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results