求医 (qiú yī) Free Chinese Dictionary

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to seek help (when in distress or having difficulties)

Means to seek help or call for rescue, useful contrast with 求医 (specifically seeking medical help).

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to visit a doctor

General term for seeing a doctor, similar in meaning but more commonly used in daily conversation.

to receive medical treatment

Slightly more formal, meaning to go to a doctor or hospital for treatment.

Do not confuse 求医 with 求救: 求医 is specifically seeking medical help, while 求救 means seeking any kind of rescue or help.

求医 is relatively formal and often appears in written contexts or news reports; in spoken Chinese, people more commonly say 看病.

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他生病了，决定去求医。

He got sick and decided to seek medical treatment.

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