"Ill" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 bù shàn bad / ill / not good at / not to be pooh-poohed / quite impressive
 qiàn ān ill (euphemism)
 tú be injured / ill (of animals)
 bù shū fu unwell / feeling ill / to feel uncomfortable / uneasy
 shēng bìng to fall ill
 fā bìng (of an illness) to occur / (of a person) to get sick / to fall ill / onset (of a medical condition)
 bù zì zai uneasy / ill at ease
 huàn bìng to fall ill
 jū shù to restrict / to restrain / constrained / awkward / ill at ease / uncomfortable / reticent
 bìng sǐ to fall ill and die / to die of illness
 lí huàn to suffer (from an illness) / to fall ill
 mìng kǔ to be born under an ill star
 dé bìng to fall ill / to contract a disease
 bìng dǎo to fall ill / to be stricken with an illness
 bīn wēi endangered (species) / in imminent danger / critically ill
 bìng wēi to be critically ill / to be terminally ill
 bìng zhòng seriously ill
 jū nì to be a stickler for formalities / to rigidly adhere to / to cling to / constrained / ill at ease
 xiōng duō jí shǎo everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom) / inauspicious / everything points to disaster
 bāo biǎn to appraise / to pass judgment on / to speak ill of / praise and censure / appraisal
 méi yùn ill luck / misfortune
 wēi zhòng critically ill
 fàn bìng to fall ill
 xiōng zhào ill omen
 jī láo chéng jí to accumulate work causes sickness (idiom) / to fall ill from constant overwork
 yī bìng bù qǐ to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
 bào bìng to be ill / to be in bad health
 mí liú seriously ill and about to die
 wēi zhòng bìng rén critically ill patient
 è gǎn malice / ill will
 wò bìng ill in bed / bed-ridden
 bìng illness / CL:場|场[chang2] / disease / to fall ill / defect
 sào zhou xīng comet / jinx / bearer of ill luck
 nào noisy / cacophonous / to make noise / to disturb / to vent (feelings) / to fall ill / to have an attack (of sickness) / to go in (for some activity) / to joke
 gān embarrassed / ill at ease
 bàng to slander / to defame / to speak ill of
 xīn shén bù níng to feel ill at ease
 jú cù bù ān ill at ease / uncomfortable
 bìng jí luàn tóu yī lit. to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom) / fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis
 sài wēng shī mǎ lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
 sài wēng shī mǎ ān zhī fēi fú the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good / also written 塞翁失馬焉知非福|塞翁失马焉知非福
 liú nián bù lì the year's horoscope augurs ill (idiom) / an unlucky year
 pín bìng jiāo jiā poverty compounded by ill health (idiom)
 sài wēng shī mǎ yān zhī fēi fú the old man lost his mare, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
 běi sǒu shī mǎ lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom) / fig. a blessing in disguise / it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
 zhāo hún to call back the soul of sb who has died or is seriously ill / (fig.) to resurrect (an old system etc)
 shòu bìng to fall ill
 xīn shén bù ān to feel ill at ease
 bìng bāo r a person who is always falling ill / chronic invalid
 mín to be ill
 wēi dǔ deathly ill
 jū luán cramps / muscular spasm / fig. constrained / ill at ease
 yè dié somewhat ill, but still able to sit up
 pào bìng hào to dilly-dally on the pretence of being ill / to malinger
 wú bìng zì jiǔ lit. to prescribe moxibustion for oneself when not ill / to cause oneself trouble with superfluous action
 shān yīn fēng to raise an ill wind
 bǎi bì cóng shēng All the ill effects appear. (idiom)
 dǔ bìng seriously ill / critical
 mián chuò critically ill
 wéi hé unwell / indisposed / out of sorts / euphemism or honorific for ill
 sào bǎ xīng bearer of ill luck / person with the evil eye / comet
  seriously ill
  seriously ill list
  very seriously ill list
 hǎo xīn dào zuò le lu:2 gān fēi lit. to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs (idiom) / fig. to mistake good intentions for ill intent
 gǒu yǎo Lu:3 Dòng bīn , bù shí hǎo rén xīn a dog biting Lü / Dongbin (idiom) / to ill reward a person's kindness
 bìng bing yāng yāng seriously ill / in fragile health
 bìng dǔ critically ill / on one's deathbed
 shàng yǎn yào to apply eye drops / (fig.) to speak ill of sb / to bad-mouth
 xiān tiān bù zú , hòu tiān shī tiáo to be born with a weak constitution and suffer from ill health during one's life / (fig.) to be problematic from the start, and get even worse over time
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