久病成良醫

简 久病成良医 · 繁 久病成良醫
Mandarin · pinyin jiǔ bìng chéng liáng yī

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  1. long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
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久
jiǔ · long time (ago); time passage, grow late
病
bìng · illness, sickness, disease
成
chéng · completed, finished, fixed
良
liáng · good, virtuous, respectable
醫
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医
yī · cure, heal; doctor, medical
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3–4–2–2–1 · jiu3 bing4 cheng2 liang2 yi1

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gau2 beng6 sing4 loeng4 ji1

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gau2 beng6 sing4 loeng4 ji1

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久病成良醫 · jiu3 bing4 cheng2 liang2 yi1
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Exact source record久病成良醫 久病成良医 [jiu3 bing4 cheng2 liang2 yi1] /long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)/