里急后重

裡急後重
lǐjíhòuzhòng
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 tenesmus (medicine)
  2. 2 urgent need to defecate accompanied by feeling of incomplete evacuation

Examples

HSK 7-9
Bìngrén zhǔ sù fùtòng bàn lǐjíhòuzhòng.
The patient's chief complaint is abdominal pain with tenesmus.
HSK 7-9
Lǐjíhòuzhòng shì lìji de diǎnxíng zhèngzhuàng zhīyī.
Tenesmus is one of the typical symptoms of dysentery.

Tips

memory
Parse as 'inside urgent' (the urge inside) + 'rear heavy' (heaviness/pressure at the rear). The two halves describe the two-part feeling: urgency to go, plus persistent heaviness afterward.

Stroke Order

hòu
zhòng