诈病

詐病

zhàbìng

verb

Meanings

1 to feign illness
2 to malinger
3 to fake being sick

Characters

Examples

他诈病请假，其实是去看球赛。

Tā zhàbìng qǐngjià, qíshí shì qù kàn qiúsài.

He faked illness to take leave — actually he went to watch the match.

军医一眼就看出他是在诈病。

Jūnyī yīyǎn jiù kànchū tā shì zài zhàbìng.

The military doctor saw at a glance that he was malingering.

Tips

history

A classic ploy in Chinese historical narrative: in 《三国演义》, Sima Yi 诈病 to fool Cao Shuang before launching the coup of 249 CE that handed the Sima clan control of Wei. The word 诈 (deceive) gives it a deliberately scheming flavor, stronger than the neutral 装病 (zhuāngbìng).

Stroke Order

诈 zhà

病 bìng