病魔

bìngmó
serious illness

CEDICT

  1. (figurative) disease (like a demon haunting the individual); serious illness
  2. disease (like a demon haunting the individual); serious illness

Wiktionary

比喻疾病纏身，好像魔鬼來侵襲。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 病 bìng
  1. illness
  2. disease
  3. to fall ill
  4. defect

classifier: 場
2 魔 mó
  1. (bound form) evil spirit; devil
  2. (prefix) supernatural; magical

Related entries

大病 dàbìng serious illness
她大病初愈。

She recovered from her long illness.

Source: Tatoeba

癐 guài
  1. (literary) serious illness
  2. (Cantonese) variant of 攰 guì
重病 zhòngbìng serious illness
重病得用重药医。

Serious illnesses call for emergency care.

Source: Tatoeba