病来如山倒，病去如抽丝

Traditional form:

病來如山倒，病去如抽絲

Pinyin (reading):

bìngláirúshāndǎo,bìngqùrúchōusī

Definitions:

• sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly

Characters:

• 病 - sickness, illness, disease
• 来 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 山 - mountain, hill, peak
• 倒 - to collapse, to fall over; to lie down
• 病 - sickness, illness, disease
• 去 - to go away, to leave, to depart
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 抽 - to draw out, to pull out; to sprout
• 丝 - silk, fine thread; wire; strings

Traditional characters:

• 病 - sickness, illness, disease
• 來 - to arrive, to come, to return; in the future, later on
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 山 - mountain, hill, peak
• 倒 - to collapse, to fall over; to lie down
• 病 - sickness, illness, disease
• 去 - to go away, to leave, to depart
• 如 - as, as if, like, such as, supposing
• 抽 - to draw out, to pull out; to sprout
• 絲 - silk, fine thread; wire; strings