一病不起

yībìngbùqǐ
to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)

CEDICT

to fall gravely ill and never recover since

Wiktionary

形容病情嚴重，或因而致死。

重編國語辭典

形容病情嚴重，或因而致死

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 一 yī
  1. one
  2. single
  3. a (article)
  4. as soon as
  5. entire; whole; all; throughout
  6. "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  7. also pr. yāo for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
2 病 bìng
  1. illness
  2. disease
  3. to fall ill
  4. defect

classifier: 場
3 不起 bùqǐ
  1. (literary) to be unable to get up (e.g. to sickness)
  2. (used after verbs) cannot afford to ...
  3. (used after verbs) do not wish to ... (in contempt)
  4. cannot afford to ...
  5. do not wish to ... (in contempt)
  6. to be unable to get up (e.g. to sickness)