venereal disease; STD (vulgar)
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
venereal disease; sexually transmitted disease (STD) (vulgar/colloquial)
informalA colloquial, informal term for sexually transmitted diseases. The term carries a stigma implying 'dirtiness' and is considered vulgar and potentially offensive in polite or medical contexts; use 性病 (xìngbìng) for neutral, formal contexts.
Tā他
dé得
le了
zāng脏
bìng病
，
bù不
hǎo好
yì意
si思
qù去
yī医
yuàn院
kàn看
bìng病
。
He contracted a venereal disease and was too embarrassed to go to the hospital.
Jiù旧
shè社
huì会
，
hěn很
duō多
qióng穷
rén人
yīn因
wéi为
méi没
qián钱
yī医
zhì治
zāng脏
bìng病
ér而
sàng丧
mìng命
。
In the old society, many poor people died from venereal diseases because they couldn't afford treatment.
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Zhè这
zhǒng种
bìng病
zài在
guò过
qù去
bèi被
sú俗
chēng称
wéi为
zāng脏
bìng病
。
This disease was colloquially referred to as 'dirty disease' in the past.