be feeble

be feeble

Ten diseases and nine pains, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh í B ì ngji ǔ t 庸 ng, which means that the body is weak and sick. It comes from the complete story of Water Margin by Shi Naian of Ming Dynasty.

Idiom usage

The body is weak

Examples

Now my body is very sick, your second sister-in-law is also three days good, two days bad.

Analysis of Idioms

Seven diseases and eight pains

The origin of Idioms

The twenty fourth chapter of Shi Naian's the complete story of the water margin in the Ming Dynasty: "I'm very sick. I'm afraid that some mountains and rivers are high and low, so I have to make some farewell clothes in advance."

Idiom explanation

It is used to describe weakness and pain.