Definition
危重 describes a patient's condition as critical or life-threatening, used primarily in medical contexts (危重病人). Unlike 严重 (serious in general), 危重 specifically refers to a severe medical state.
v.p.
(of a patient's condition) criticalgravelife-threatening
Examples
- 危重，。Nà ge bìngrén de bìngqíng shífēn wēi chóng, yǐjīng bèi sòng jìn zhòngzhèng jiānhù shì.That patient's condition is critical and has been transferred to the ICU.
- 危重。Yīshēng zhèngzài quánlì qiǎngjiù zhè wèi wēi chóng huànzhě.Doctors are doing everything they can to save this critically ill patient.
- ，危重。Jīngguò yí yè de qiǎngjiù, tā de wēi chóng zhuàngtài zhōngyú wěndìng xiàlái.After a night of rescue efforts, his critical condition finally stabilized.
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