积劳成疾
Traditional form:
積勞成疾
Pinyin (reading):
jīláochéngjí
Definitions:
- to accumulate work causes sickness (idiom); to fall ill from constant overwork
Characters:
- 积 - to store up, to amass, to accumulate
- 劳 - to labor, to toil; to do manual work
- 成 - to accomplish; to become; to complete, to finish; to succeed
- 疾 - sickness, illness, disease; to envy, to hate
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