通病
tōng bìng
Pinyin

Definition

通病
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tōng bìng
  1. common problem
  2. common failing

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jiāo tōng
  1. 1 to be connected
  2. 2 traffic
  3. 3 transportation
  4. 4 communications
  5. 5 liaison
pǔ tōng
  1. 1 common
  2. 2 ordinary
  3. 3 general
  4. 4 average
máo bìng
  1. 1 fault
  2. 2 defect
  3. 3 shortcomings
  4. 4 ailment
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
gōu tōng
  1. 1 to join
  2. 2 to connect
  3. 3 to link up
  4. 4 to communicate
shēng bìng
  1. 1 to fall ill

Idioms (20)

一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
  1. 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
一窍不通
yī qiào bù tōng
  1. 1 lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
  2. 2 I don't understand a word (idiom)
  3. 3 it's all Greek to me
一通百通
yī tōng bǎi tōng
  1. 1 grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
串通一气
chuàn tōng yī qì
  1. 1 to act in collusion (idiom)
久病成良医
jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī
  1. 1 long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哈哈,我倒发现这是全世界学生的通病。好几个外国孩子也问过我同样的问题。哎,你讲课的时候,发现课堂表现有什么不一样?
hāha ,wǒ dào fāxiàn zhè shì quánshìjiè xuésheng de tōngbìng 。hǎojǐ ge wàiguó háizi yě wènguò wǒ tóngyàng de wèntí 。āi ,nǐ jiǎngkè de shíhou ,fāxiàn kètáng biǎoxiàn yǒu shénme bùyīyàng ?