- sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
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- sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly
This idiom conveys the idea that an illness can strike suddenly and intensely, but the process of recovery is usually gradual and requires patience.
When sickness comes, it hits with the force of a landslide.
Recovery takes time; don't be anxious.
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bìng病lái来rú如Shān山dǎo倒sickness comes suddenly and overwhelminglybìng病qù去rú如chōu sī抽丝sickness fades slowly and graduallybìng病lái来bù duàn不断sickness returns persistentlybìng病qù去nán难yù愈sickness lingers and is hard to recover frombìng tòng病痛qīn xí侵袭illness strikesjí急bìng病lái xí来袭sudden illness strikesbìng zhòng病重wú wàng无望serious illness with little hope of recoverybìng yù病愈chū yuàn出院recover and be discharged from the hospitalbìng病Zhōng中yǎng养shēn身nurturing the body during illnessbìng病hǎo好le了illness has healedmàn xìng bìng慢性病chronic illnessjué zhèng绝症zhì liáo治疗treatment for terminal illness