| 疾 | 910C00 61A.81-9 | 部居  | 畫數 10 | ㄐㄧˊ [ji2] | ||
| N. | Sickness, illness, ailment: 疾病[ji2bing4]↓; 力疾從公 attend to one's duties as usual in spite of illness; 無疾而終 die in one's sleep; 隱疾，暗疾 venereal disease. | |||||
| V. t. | Hate: 疾惡如仇 abhor evils or evildoers as if they were personal enemies; 痛心疾首 detest thoroughly; distressed and disgusted. | |||||
| Adj. & adv. | (1) Ill: 疾苦 [ji2ku3]↓. (2) Fast: 疾雷 [ji2lei2]↓; 疾風知勁草 adversity is the best testing ground for moral stamina (“only the toughest grass can stand strong winds”); 疾言厲色 sudden outpourings and fierce looks; 疾言遽色 nervous agitation accompanied by hasty speech and angry looks; 疾快 [ji2kuai4]↓; 疾馳 gallop away at full speed; 疾走 go or run away as fast as one can. | |||||
| Words | 1. 疾病 [ji2bing4], n., sickness, illness, indisposition. 2. 疾快 [ji2kuai4], adj., swift, fleet, flying. 3. 疾苦 [ji2ku3], adj., suffering from heavy taxes and other forms of oppression. 4. 疾雷 [ji2lei2], n., a sudden thunderclap; (fig.) any swift, sudden action that catches others unawares (cf. Ger. blitzkrieg). 5. 疾首 [ji2shou3], v. t., hate (s.o., s.t.) so much as to cause a headache. 6. 疾視 [ji2shi4], v. t., stare angrily. | |||||