患

患 [huàn] 名

1. ■ （祸害; 灾难） trouble; peril; disaster:

防患于未然 take preventive measures; provide against possible trouble;

后患无穷 source of endless troubles;

官僚主义可说是我们的心腹之患。 Bureaucracy may be said as a disease in our very vitals.

2. ■ （忧虑） anxiety; worry:

何患之有。 There's no need to worry.

其未得之也,患得之; 既得之,患失之。 While they have not got their aims, their anxiety is how to get them; when they have got them, their anxiety is lest they should lose them.

3. ■ （姓氏） a surname:

患然 Huan Ran

动

1. ■ （害病） contract; suffer from:

患肝炎 contract [have] hepatitis;

我听说他患了癌症。 I learned that he was suffering from cancer.