心病 xīnbìng anxiety
anxiety; sore point; secret worry; mental disorder; heart disease (medicine)
How to remember 心病: 心 heart + 病 disease = anxiety.
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- A nagging worry or sore point in one's mind - 这件事成了他的心病 (zhè jiàn shì chéng le tā de xīnbìng) this matter became his secret worry.
- Figurative 'heart trouble': an emotional hangup or unresolved anxiety, distinct from literal 心脏病 (heart disease).
- Proverb 心病还须心药医 (a mental knot needs a mental cure); often 有心病 / 成心病.