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病来如山倒，病去如抽丝

bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī

11-character word Traditional 病來如山倒，病去如抽絲

What 病来如山倒，病去如抽丝 means

1. sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly

The characters in 病来如山倒，病去如抽丝

• 病bìngillness; disease; to fall ill
• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 山shānmountain; hill; (colloquial) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
• 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow
• 病bìngillness; disease; to fall ill
• 去qùto go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last
• 如rúas; as if; such as
• 抽chōuto draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole…
• 丝sīsilk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips…