蒲ほ柳りゅうの質しつ

noun

delicate health; fragile constitution

Literary set phrase meaning a weak or easily damaged physical condition, like a willow in the wind. Often used self-deprecatingly or to describe someone's poor health.

• 彼かれは蒲ほ柳りゅうの質しつで、すぐに風邪かぜをひいてしまう。

  He has a delicate constitution and catches colds easily.

• 私わたしも蒲ほ柳りゅうの質しつゆえ、無む理りはできません。

  I too am of frail health, so I cannot overdo it.