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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