毛病

Chinese

		hair; fur; one tenth of a yuan or dollar	ailment; illness; disease ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
simp. and trad. (毛病)		毛	病

Etymology

“Defects in a horse's hair” (Song dynasty) > “fault; defect; problem; disease” (Song dynasty).

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 毛病

1. (literary, obsolete) defects in a horse's hair; abnormality in the fur colour of domestic animals
2. fault; defect; breakdown; trouble; mishap
3. personal flaw; shortcoming

   有毛病啊！  ―  Yǒumáobìng a!  ―  What the hell is wrong with you!

4. (chiefly regional) illness; medical problem; condition; disease; ailment

   我有毛病了。 [Shanghainese, trad. and simp.]

   ³ngu ³hhieu ³mo-bin leq [Wugniu]

   I am sick.

Synonyms

• (flaw):

(deprecated template usage)

• 弊害 (bìhài)
• 弊病 (bìbìng)
• 弊端 (bìduān)
• 欠缺 (qiànquē)
• 短處／短处 (duǎnchu)
• 缺失 (quēshī)
• 缺欠 (quēqiàn)
• 缺陷 (quēxiàn)
• 缺點／缺点 (quēdiǎn)
• 陷 (xiàn) (literary, or in compounds)

 

Derived terms

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