病來如山倒，病去如抽絲

Chinese

		ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect	to come	as (if); such as	mountain; hill	upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt		ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect	to go; to leave; to remove	as (if); such as	to draw out; to smoke (cigarettes); to pump	silk; thread; trace
trad. (病來如山倒，病去如抽絲)		病	來	如	山	倒	，	病	去	如	抽	絲
simp. (病来如山倒，病去如抽丝)		病	来	如	山	倒	，	病	去	如	抽	丝

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bìng lái rú shān dǎo, bìng qù rú chōu sī

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄢ ㄉㄠˇ , ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄩˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄔㄡ ㄙ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): beng⁶ loi⁴ jyu⁴ saan¹ dou², beng⁶ heoi³ jyu⁴ cau¹ si¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bìng lái rú shān dǎo, bìng qù rú chōu sī
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄢ ㄉㄠˇ , ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄑㄩˋ ㄖㄨˊ ㄔㄡ ㄙ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bìng lái rú shan dǎo, bìng cyù rú chou sih
    • Wade–Giles: ping⁴ lai² ju² shan¹ tao³, ping⁴ chʻü⁴ ju² chʻou¹ ssŭ¹
    • Yale: bìng lái rú shān dǎu-, bìng chyù rú chōu sz̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binq lai ru shan dao, binq chiuh ru chou sy
    • Palladius: бин лай жу шань дао, бин цюй жу чоу сы (bin laj žu šanʹ dao, bin cjuj žu čou sy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ ʐu³⁵ ʂän⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ piŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰy⁵¹ ʐu³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ sz̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: beng⁶ loi⁴ jyu⁴ saan¹ dou², beng⁶ heoi³ jyu⁴ cau¹ si¹
    • Yale: behng lòih yùh sāan dóu, behng heui yùh chāu sī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: beng⁶ loi⁴ jy⁴ saan¹ dou², beng⁶ hoey³ jy⁴ tsau¹ si¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béng⁶ loi⁴ yu⁴ san¹ dou², béng⁶ hêu³ yu⁴ ceo¹ xi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɛːŋ²² lɔːi̯²¹ jyː²¹ saːn⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵ pɛːŋ²² hɵy̯³³ jyː²¹ t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ siː⁵⁵/

Proverb

病來如山倒，病去如抽絲

1. Illness strikes like a landslide, recovery is as slow as reeling silk.