麻风 (má fēng) — leprosy, Hansen's disease

Definition

Examples

• 他年轻时得了麻风，现在治好了。
  Tā nián qīng shí dé le má fēng, xiàn zài zhì hǎo le.
  He contracted leprosy when he was young, and now he is cured.
• 现代医学可以治疗麻风。
  Xiàn dài yī xué kě yǐ zhì liáo má fēng.
  Modern medicine can treat leprosy.
• 麻风曾经是一种可怕的疾病。
  má fēng Céng jīng shì yì zhǒng kě pà de jí bìng.
  Leprosy was once a terrible disease.

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