disease; sickness; ailment

jí bìng

j+í·2nd toneb+ìng·4th tone

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Filth breeds illnesses.

污秽导致疾病。

No medicine can cure this disease.

没有药物能够治疗这种疾病。

Some diseases are caused by a defective gene.

一些疾病的产生原因是基因缺陷。

I don't feel well today. That well water is the cause of many illnesses.

我今天有点不舒服。那戶井水是許多疾病的源头。

Several thousand people became victims of this disease.

数千人受此疾病所害。

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