一病不起

Traditional form:

一病不起

Pinyin (reading):

yībìngbùqǐ

Definitions:

• to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)

Characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 病 - sickness, illness, disease
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up

Traditional characters:

• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 病 - sickness, illness, disease
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up