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Definition(s) for: 旧病复发

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
旧病复发 jiù bìng fù fā - old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse
- fig. to repeat an old error
- the same old problem

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 66,534 65,643

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
jiù- old
- opposite: new 新
- former
- worn (with age)
bìng- illness
- CL:場|场[chang2]
- disease
- to fall ill
- defect
- to go and return
- to return
- to resume
- to return to a normal or original state
- to repeat
- again
- to recover
- to restore
- to turn over
- to reply
- to answer
- to reply to a letter
- to retaliate
- to carry out
- to repeat
- to double
- to overlap
- complex (not simple)
- compound
- composite
- double
- diplo-
- duplicate
- overlapping
- to duplicate
- variant of 復|复[fu4]
- to reply to a letter
- to send out
- to show (one's feeling)
- to issue
- to develop
- to make a bundle of money
- classifier for gunshots (rounds)
- hair
- Taiwan pr. [fa3]

Other Words Containing 旧病复发

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo