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氣出病來

English translation: sick from sheer anger

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01:14 Dec 11, 2008

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Chinese term or phrase: 氣出病來

This phrase came out from someone in a hospital being very resentful about some other certain people.

The original context is, "我的病多半是被他們氣出來的。"

bubblepie KudoZ activity Questions: 1 (none open) Answers: 0 Taiwan
Local time: 18:23

English translation:sick from sheer anger

Explanation:
It might simply be a simple substitution from the construction below:

急出病來 get sick from excessive worries.

ergo, 氣出病來 to get sick for excessive/sheer anger

Selected response from:

Wing-Sze Ho
United States
Local time: 06:23

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Summary of answers provided

5 +1

sick from sheer anger

Wing-Sze Ho

sicknesses are the result of being irritated

Helen Li

3 +1

have an attack of illness caused by anger

Sherwin Zhou

sick of them.

Bea Geenen

Discussion entries: 1

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1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

have an attack of illness caused by anger

Explanation:
我的病多半是被他們氣出來的 To a great extent，I've got the attack of illness caused by anger due to them.

Sherwin Zhou
China
Local time: 18:23
Native speaker of:

Chinese

7 hrs confidence:

sicknesses are the result of being irritated

Explanation:
我的病多半是被他們氣出來的 can be translated as "Most likely, my sicknesses are the result of being irritated by them."

Helen Li
Singapore
Local time: 18:23
Native speaker of: Chinese

12 hrs confidence:

sick of them.

Explanation:
"I literally got sick of them."

Not really a word-for-word translation, but rather something a native English speaker might say under the circumstances.

Bea Geenen
Native speaker of:

Dutch

1 day19 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

sick from sheer anger

Explanation:
It might simply be a simple substitution from the construction below:

急出病來 get sick from excessive worries.

ergo, 氣出病來 to get sick for excessive/sheer anger

Wing-Sze Ho
United States
Local time: 06:23
Native speaker of:

English,

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 3

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