上吐下瀉

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See also: 上吐下泻

Chinese

up; on; on top
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 
vomit; to spit
under; next; lower
under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter
 
to flow (out) swiftly; diarrhoea
trad. (上吐下瀉)
simp. (上吐下泻)
Literally: “vomiting above, diarrhoea below”.

Pronunciation


Idiom

上吐下瀉

  1. (medicine) to suffer from both vomiting and diarrhoea