卧床不起

臥床不起

wòchuáng bùqǐ

phrase #30,056

Meanings

1 bedridden
2 confined to bed
3 unable to get out of bed

Characters

to lie down; prone

to rise; to get up

Examples

老人生病后一直卧床不起。

Lǎorén shēngbìng hòu yīzhí wòchuáng bùqǐ.

The elderly person has been bedridden since falling ill.

这场重病使他卧床不起长达三个月。

Zhè chǎng zhòngbìng shǐ tā wòchuáng bùqǐ chángdá sān gè yuè.

This serious illness left him bedridden for as long as three months.

Tips

memory

卧 (to lie down) + 床 (bed) + 不 (not) + 起 (to rise) — lying in bed, unable to rise. A four-character phrase with a clear narrative: lie down, bed, cannot, get up.

Stroke Order

卧 wò

床 chuáng

不 bù

起 qǐ