伤病员 (shāng bìng yuán) — the sick and wounded; casualties (in a military or disaster context)

Definition

Examples

• 地震后，很多伤病员被送到了医院。
  Dì zhèn hòu, hěn duō shāng bìng yuán bèi sòng dào le yī yuàn.
  After the earthquake, many of the sick and wounded were sent to the hospital.
• 这家医院专门接收战争中的伤病员。
  Zhè jiā yī yuàn zhuān mén jiē shōu zhàn zhēng zhōng de shāng bìng yuán.
  This hospital specializes in receiving the sick and wounded from the war.
• 救援队正在全力救治伤病员。
  Jiù yuán duì zhèng zài quán lì jiù zhì shāng bìng yuán.
  The rescue team is doing its utmost to treat the sick and wounded.