Chinese

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ailment; illness; disease
ailment; illness; disease; fall ill; sick; defect
 
trad. (流行病) 流行
simp. #(流行病) 流行
 
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Noun

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流行病

  1. (medicine) epidemic; widespread disease
    地方性流行病  ―  dìfāngxìng liúxíngbìng  ―  endemic disease
  2. (figurative) prevalent social evil

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
りゅう
Grade: 3
こう
Grade: 2
びょう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

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(りゅう)(こう)(びょう) (ryūkōbyō

  1. an epidemic
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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流行病(はやりやまい) (hayariyamai

  1. a sudden outbreak of contagious disease

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