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

HSK 7-9

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.

HSK 7-9

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