患

to suffer (from illness) / to contract (a disease) / misfortune / trouble / danger / worry

to string together / to skewer / to connect wrongly / to gang up / to rove / string / bunch / skewer / classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of / to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus) / to move across

heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4]

patient; sufferer

patient / sufferer

to contract (an illness) / to be afflicted with / to suffer from

to fall ill

a danger concealed within sth / hidden damage / misfortune not visible from the surface

trials and tribulations

packed with people / overcrowded / overpopulation

Preparedness averts peril. / to be prepared, just in case (idiom)

child victim of disaster or disease / afflicted child

see 防患未然[fang2 huan4 wei4 ran2]

to worry about personal gains and losses

afflicted part

foreign aggression

it will cause no end of trouble (idiom)