The word **得病** is a classical example of a **Verb-Object (VO) compound** in Chinese, formed by combining the verb **得** (*dé* – to get, to obtain) with its nominal object **病** (*bìng* – illness, disease). It follows a straightforward syntactic and semantic logic where the action ("to get") is directly applied to the target ("an illness"), resulting in the literal meaning "to contract an illness." This formation is highly productive in Mandarin, creating intuitive and enduring vocabulary by pairing an action with the thing it most directly affects.