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- 缠身 [chánshēn]
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(事务、疾病等)缠扰着人,摆脱不开
- 琐事缠身
- 病痛缠身
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(事务、疾病等)缠扰着人,摆脱不开
Examples
- 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
- 他从小就百病缠身。 → 百病
- 他被俗务缠身，焦头烂额。 → 俗务
- 我急务缠身，就此告辞。 → 急务
- 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
- 很想出去旅游，无奈公务缠身，一直没有去成。 → 缠身
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