病恹恹 (bìng yān yān) — sickly, weak and listless

Definition

Reduplicated adjective (used as a predicate with 的 or as an adverb with 地) describing someone looking weak, listless, and drained from illness — more vivid and literary than simply saying 身体不好.

verb

sicklyweak and listless

Examples

病恹恹，？
Tā zuì jìn kàn qǐ lái bìng yān yān de, shì bu shì shēng bìng le?
He's been looking sickly lately — is he ill?
，病恹恹。
Tā bìng le yì chǎng hòu, zhěng gè rén dōu bìng yān yān de.
After being sick for a while, she became completely listless.
病恹恹。
Nà zhī xiǎo māo bìng yān yān dì pā zài jiǎo luò lǐ.
That little kitten is lying weakly in the corner.

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