病榻

tā yī zhí chán mián bìng tà

她一直缠绵病榻。

She is always confined to a sickbed.

tā yǒu yī bàn shí jiān chán mián bìng tà

他有一半时间缠绵病榻。

He is half the time bedridden.

guó wáng yǐ jīng piē kāi le bìng tà huī fù le zhèng cháng de shēng huó

国王已经撇开了病榻，恢复了正常的生活。

The King had thrown off his illness, and returned to his normal life.