Examples (1-16 of 16)

病魔缠身

be possessed by the demon of disease—be afflicted with a lingering disease → 病魔

俗务缠身

be tied up with routine business → 俗务

重病缠身的他依然坚持工作。

He kept on working despite his serious illness. → 缠身

这位老媪体弱， 百病缠身， 幸好她的儿女都很孝顺。

The aged woman is sick with all kinds of diseases, but fortunately her children are filial. → 老媪

这个老妪体弱， 百病缠身， 幸好她的儿女都很孝顺。

The old woman was very weak, and illness-stricken. Luckily her children were very filial. → 妪

近来冗务缠身， 使我异常疲惫。

Recently, many different matters have made me exhausted. → 冗务

疾病缠身 → 缠

冗务缠身。 → 冗

琐事缠身 → 缠身

病痛缠身 → 缠身

长年沉疴缠身。 → 沉疴

无如琐事缠身，行期一延再延。 → 无如

恶疾缠身，苦不堪言 → 恶疾

快过节了，杂务缠身，成天忙得团团转。 → 杂务

in the grip of disease

病魔缠身 → grip

a siege of illness

疾病长期缠身 → siege