bìng
gēn

common
noun

Meaning of 病根

病根 means old illness that hasn't fully healed; chronic ailment; root cause; fundamental reason for failure or disaster. Pronounced bìng gēn.

  • old illness that hasn't fully healed; chronic ailment
  • root cause; fundamental reason for failure or disaster

Definitions & Examples

nián
qīng
shí
shòu
guò
shāng
 
xiàn
zài
gài
téng
shì
shí
de
bìng
gēn
 

He was injured when he was young, and now his knee pain is a chronic ailment from that time.

dào
yīn
tiān
 
de
lǎo
hán
tuǐ
bìng
gēn
jiù
fàn
le
 

Whenever it's a damp, rainy day, his chronic rheumatism flares up.

Zhè
shì
yuè
zi
méi
zuò
hǎo
liú
xià
de
bìng
gēn
r
 
róng
hǎo
 

This is a chronic ailment left over from not taking proper postpartum care; it's hard to cure.