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旧疾

jiù jí

2-character word Traditional 舊疾

What 旧疾 means

1. old illness
2. former affliction

The characters in 旧疾

• 旧jiùold; opposite: new 新; former
• 疾jí(bound form) disease; ailment; (bound form) swift; (literary) to hate; to abhor

Sounds the same

Read jiù jí, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 救急to provide emergency assistance

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