zhài
瘵
illness; disease; infirmity
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
illness; disease; malady
archaicLiterary or archaic usage. Often appears in classical texts or medical literature to describe chronic or severe illness. Commonly found in compound words like 痨瘵 (consumption/tuberculosis).
Láo痨
zhài瘵
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
yán严
zhòng重
de的
fèi肺
bù部
jí疾
bìng病
。
Consumption is a serious pulmonary disease.
Jiǔ久
bìng病
chéng成
zhài瘵
，
nán难
yǐ以
quán痊
yù愈
。
A long illness becomes chronic, difficult to cure completely.
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Bǐ彼
qí其
zǐ子
xī兮
，
zhài瘵
qí其
shèn甚
yǐ矣
。
That child of theirs, how severely ill he is.