Yoyo Chinese 46 (medicine, bùliǎo) Flashcards
Acute illness
Lit urgent-natured illness
Jíxìngbìng
Chronic illness
Mànxìngbìng
The flavor/taste of Chinese medicine is very bitter
Zhōngyào de wèidào hěn kǔsè
It depends on the illness
Děi kàn shénme bìng
If it’s a serious illness, see a western doctor; if it’s a minor illness, see a Chinese doctor
Dàbìng, qù kàn xīyī; xiǎobìng, qù kàn zhōngyī
If
rúguǒ/yàoshì…dehuà
He is an impatient person
Tā shì yí gè jíxìngzi
Note suffix “zi” denotes a noun, here a person - that’s why you don’t add “de rén”
No hurry/Don’t rush
Bù jí bù jí
A person who never hurries/“slow poke”
Mànxìngzi
But, if it’s an acute illness, western medicine is still a little faster
Dànshì rúguǒ shì jíxìng bìng dehuà, xīyī háishì kuài yìdiǎn(r)
To nurse one’s impaired health
Tiáolǐ
Take a good rest
(use hǎohāo)
Hǎohāo xiūxi yíxià
Do your best
(Use hǎohāo)
hǎohāo gàn
He broke his left arm
Lit His left arm broke
Tā zǔo bì gǔzhé le
Today’s homework is too hard, I can’t do it
Jīntiān de zuòyè tài nán le, wǒ zuòbùliǎo