卧病

wò bìng zài chuáng

卧病在床

be confined to bed by sickness

tā yīn liú gǎn wò bìng zài tà

她因流感卧病在榻。

She was confined to bed with the flu.

cháng qī wò bìng shǐ tā biàn de gǔ shòu rú chái

长期卧病使他变得骨瘦如柴。

A long illness made a skeleton out of him.