职业病

職業病
zhíyèbìng
noun HSK 7 #21,615

Meanings

  1. 1 occupational disease
  2. 2 (humorous) professional habit that carries over into daily life

Examples

Chángqī zài zàoyīn huánjìng gōngzuò róngyì dé zhíyèbìng.
Working in a noisy environment for a long time can easily cause occupational diseases.
Tā zǒu dào nǎr dōu jiūzhèng biérén de yǔfǎ, zhēn shì zhíyèbìng.
He corrects people's grammar wherever he goes — a real occupational hazard.

Tips

usage
Besides literal occupational diseases, commonly used humorously for habits you can't turn off outside of work — like a teacher who corrects everyone or a doctor who diagnoses friends at dinner.

Stroke Order

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