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nurse one's injury

Word usage

yǎng shāng

养 伤

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v.nurse one's injury
- tǎng zài chuáng shang yǎng shāng
  躺在床上养伤
  stay in bed to nurse one's wound
- tā zuó wǎn zài yī yuàn yǎng shāng
  她昨晚在医院养伤。
  She was recovering from her injuries in hospital last night.
- xiào yī zhí zài yǎng shāng xīng qī tiān shàng bù le chǎng
  肖一直在养伤，星期天上不了场。
  Shaw has been nursing an injury, and will not play on Sunday.
- nǐ zhèng zài yǎng shāng shòu le hán kě bu shì wán de
  你正在养伤，受了寒可不是玩的！
  It's no joke catching a chill when you are recovering from an injury.
- zài yī yuàn yǎng shāng qī jiān wǒ kāi shǐ yuè dú shèng jīng
  在医院养伤期间，我开始阅读圣经。
  While I was there, I took to reading the Bible.
- tā yǒu le yī duàn cháng de kě pà de yǎng shāng qī
  他有了一段长得可怕的养伤期。
  He has had a dreadful time with injury.
- tā xiàn zài zài jiā yǎng shāng tā de yòu bì xuán qǐ zuǒ shǒu shàng fāng yě bǎng zhe bēng dài
  他现在在家养伤。他的右臂悬起，左手上方也绑着绷带。
  He is back at home recovering, his right arm in a sling, and a bandage on top of his left hand.

Word usage

Separable word
"养" and "伤" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 她在家养了半年伤。
  She spent six months at home recovering from her injuries.
- 我在这家医院养过伤。
  I nursed my wound in this hospital.
- 养好了伤再去上班。
  Don’t go to work until you recover from injuries.

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