肺病 (fèi bìng) — lung disease; pulmonary tuberculosis (TB)
Definition
肺病 (fèi bìng) is a general term for 'lung disease,' but in older Chinese usage it commonly referred specifically to tuberculosis (TB). Example 3 ('肺病在以前是不容易治好的病') shows this older TB-specific sense.
noun
lung diseasepulmonary tuberculosis (TB)
Examples
- 肺病。Tā yé ye nián qīng de shí hou dé guò fèi bìng.His grandfather had lung disease when he was young.
- 肺病。Xī yān huì zēng jiā dé fèi bìng de fēng xiǎn.Smoking increases the risk of lung disease.
- 肺病。fèi bìng Zài yǐ qián shì bù róng yì zhì hǎo de bìng.In the past, tuberculosis was not an easy disease to cure.
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