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生病

shēng bìng

HSK 1 · word 326 of 3,000

Meaning

• to fall ill

Example sentence

Characters in 生病

• 生 shēng to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born
• 病 bìng illness

生 to produce plus 病 illness. Falling ill is generating a sickness — the same 生 as in 生气, producing anger.

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