久病成良醫
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long illness makes the patient into a good doctor (idiom)
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Proverb谚语諺語 · In everyday use
- Literally
- a long illness makes a good doctor
- Meaning
- Long exposure to something makes you an expert in it; someone who has been ill a long time comes to know medicine well. Approving.
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