前一段时间老毛病又犯了
“his old condition flared up a while ago.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
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“Well,”
前一段 时间 老毛病又犯了
“his old condition flared up a while ago.”
住了几天院
“He was hospitalized for a few days”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese speakers often refer to chronic or sensitive health issues casually as 'old trouble' (老毛病) to downplay alarm and maintain social ease.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
old ailment flared up again / old bad habit resurfaced
A very common colloquial expression referring either to a recurring medical condition or an old vice acting up.
a while ago / recently
Used to refer loosely to a period of time in the recent past.
Indicates a change of state or that the flare-up has already occurred.
