| 积劳成疾 |
jī láo chéng jí |
to accumulate work causes sickness (idiom); to fall ill from constant overwork |
| 积 |
jī |
to amass; to accumulate; to store up / (math.) product (the result of multiplication) / (TCM) constipation; indigestion |
| 劳 |
láo |
(bound form) to toil; labor / (bound form) laborer / (bound form) meritorious deed / (bound form) fatigue / to put sb to the trouble (of doing sth) / to express one's appreciation (Taiwan pr. [lao4]) |
| 成 |
Chéng |
surname Cheng / short name for Chengdu 成都 |
| 成 |
chéng |
to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right / OK! / one tenth |
| 疾 |
jí |
(bound form) disease; ailment / (bound form) swift / (literary) to hate; to abhor |