旧病复发

Traditional: 舊病復發

jiù bìng fù fā

Dictionary entry

old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse

What does 旧病复发 mean?

旧病复发 (jiù bìng fù fā) has the following dictionary meaning.

1old illness recurs (idiom); a relapse

2fig. to repeat an old error

3the same old problem

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旧jiùold · opposite: new 新病bìngillness · CL:場|场[chang2]复fùto go and return · to return 发fāto send out · to show (one's feeling)

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旧病复发

jiù bìng fù fā

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