老毛病

lǎomáobìng
  1. chronic illness
  2. old weakness
  3. chronic problem

CEDICT

  1. chronic illness
  2. old weakness; chronic problem

Wiktionary

  1. 长期的疾病。
  2. 不良的嗜好或难改正的坏习惯。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 老 lǎo
  1. prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
  2. old (of people)
  3. venerable (person)
  4. experienced
  5. of long standing
  6. always
  7. all the time
  8. of the past
  9. very
  10. outdated
  11. (of meat etc) tough
2 毛病 máobìng
  1. fault
  2. defect
  3. shortcomings
  4. ailment

classifier: 個

Related entries

慢性疾病 mànxìngjíbìng
  1. chronic illness
  2. disease that takes effect slowly
沉痼 chéngù
  1. chronic illness
  2. fig. deeply entrenched problem