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

Bìngrén zhǔsù fùtòng bàn lǐjí hòuzhòng.
The patient's chief complaint is abdominal pain with tenesmus.
Lǐjí hòuzhòng shì lìjí de diǎnxíng zhèngzhuàng zhī yī.
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