衰弱

• 병음: shuāi ruò
• 한자 분석: 衰 = 亠 + 口 + 衣 (decline); 弱 = 弓 + 彡 repeated (feeble)

뜻

쇠약하다; 허약하다

Used in medical contexts for constitutional weakness or post-illness states. Also applied to declining national or institutional power in political and historical writing.

예문

1. 他术后身体十分衰弱，需要长期静养。
2. 长期营养不良会导致儿童体质逐渐衰弱。
3. 国家经济衰弱时，社会稳定性也随之下降。

사용 가이드

맥락: medical, politics, academic

어조: neutral

올바른 표현

• 病人住院期间体力极度衰弱，无法自行起身。(The patient was extremely physically weak during hospitalisation and could not get up unaided.)
• 该政权因内部腐败而日益衰弱，最终走向崩溃。(The regime grew increasingly weak due to internal corruption and eventually collapsed.)

피해야 할 표현

• 我今天感觉衰弱 — use 虚弱 in everyday speech; 衰弱 sounds more clinical and implies significant systemic decline

기원과 역사

衰 (decline) + 弱 (weak)

문화적 배경

세대: All ages

사회적 배경: Universal