病来如山倒，病去如抽丝

bìngláirúshāndǎo,bìngqùrúchōusī

sickness comes like an avalanche but goes like reeling silk; illness strikes like a landslide, recovery is as slow as reeling silk; agues come on horseback, but go away on foot

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bing4 lai2 ru2 shan1 dao3 , bing4 qu4 ru2 chou1 si1

sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly

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病來如山倒，病去如抽絲|病来如山倒，病去如抽丝 [bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī] ► sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom); expect to convalesce slowly