measles (dialectal)
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measles
dialectA dialectal term used in some regional varieties of Chinese to refer to measles, an acute contagious viral disease characterized by fever and a red rash.
Xiǎo小
shí时
hou候
tā他
chū出
guo过
shā痧
zi子
。
He had measles when he was a child.
Yǐ以
qián前
chū出
shā痧
zi子
shì是
hěn很
wēi危
xiǎn险
de的
bìng病
。
In the past, getting measles was a very dangerous illness.
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Cūn村
lǐ里
hǎo好
jǐ几
gè个
hái孩
zi子
dōu都
dé得
le了
shā痧
zi子
。
Several children in the village have come down with measles.