久病成醫

Chinese

		(long) time; (long) duration of time	ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect	finish; complete; accomplish finish; complete; accomplish; become; turn into; win; succeed; one tenth	medical; medicine; doctor medical; medicine; doctor; to cure; to treat
trad. (久病成醫)		久	病	成	醫
simp. (久病成医)		久	病	成	医
alternative forms		久病成良醫／久病成良医
Literally: “Prolonged illness makes a doctor of a patient.”

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiǔbìngchéngyī

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gau² beng⁶ sing⁴ ji¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiǔbìngchéngyī
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄔㄥˊ ㄧ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jeoubinqcherngi
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jiǒubìngchéngyi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕjoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ piŋ⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ i⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: gau² beng⁶ sing⁴ ji¹
  - Yale: gáu behng sìhng yī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gau² beng⁶ sing⁴ ji¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: geo² béng⁶ xing⁴ yi¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐu̯³⁵ pɛːŋ²² sɪŋ²¹ jiː⁵⁵/

Idiom

久病成醫

experience is the best teacher

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