缠身

Traditional form:

纏身

Pinyin (reading):

chánshēn

Definitions:

• (of an illness, debt etc) to plague one; to bog one down; to preoccupy one

Characters:

• 缠 - to wrap, to entangle; to involve; to bother, to annoy
• 身 - body, torso; person; pregnancy

Traditional characters:

• 纏 - to wrap, to entangle; to involve; to bother, to annoy
• 身 - body, torso; person; pregnancy