流行病 (liú xíng bìng) — epidemic disease; epidemic
Definition
A disease that spreads widely to many people in a region at the same time. Pairs with 爆发 (break out) and 预防 (prevent), as in the examples.
noun
epidemic diseaseepidemic
Measure word · 种
Examples
- 流行病。Zhè ge chéng shì bào fā le yì zhǒng liú xíng bìng.An epidemic broke out in this city.
- 流行病。Kē xué jiā zhèng zài yán jiū rú hé yù fáng liú xíng bìng.Scientists are researching how to prevent epidemics.
- 流行病。Lì shǐ shàng jǐ cì dà de liú xíng bìng gǎi biàn le shì jiè.Several major epidemics in history changed the world.
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