Definition
抗癌 is a verb-object compound (离合词) meaning 'to fight cancer'. It is most commonly used in medical contexts. As a separable verb, the object 癌 can be separated from the verb 抗 when inserting duration or completion markers, e.g., 抗了几年癌 ('fought cancer for several years').
v.o.
to fight canceranticancer
Examples
- 抗癌。Tā yìzhí zài nǔlì kàng ái.He has been working hard to fight cancer.
- ，。Tā kàng le sān nián ái, xiànzài hǎo duō le.He fought cancer for three years, and now he is much better.
- 抗癌。Yīshēng jiànyì tā jiānchí kàng ái.The doctor advised him to persist in fighting cancer.
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