旧病复发 (舊病復發)
jiù bìng fù fā
Pinyin
Definition
旧病复发 (舊病復發)
-
- old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse
- fig. to repeat an old error
- the same old problem
Character Decomposition
Idioms (19)
一病不起
- 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
久病成良医
- 1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
切中时病
- 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
- 1 fellow sufferers empathize with each other (idiom); misery loves company
丧心病狂
- 1 deranged
- 2 demented
- 3 berserk (idiom)