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愁

chóu

Definition

to worry (about)
(to be) worried
(to be) anxious
anxiety
concern
melancholy
sorrow
sadness

Character Decomposition

Related words (16)

melancholy

anxiety; worries

anxiety; distress

chóu méi bù zhǎn

with a worried frown

homesickness; nostalgia

to worry; to fret; to be anxious; to become sad

sorrow; sadness; distressed; sorrowful

to be worried

melancholy

to worry; to be anxious

parting sorrow; pain of separation

destitute; troubled; penniless and full of care

to relieve melancholy

jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu

to drown one's sorrows (in alcohol)

qióng chóu liáo dǎo

destitute and troubled; in dire straits

miàn dài chóu róng

with a sad air; looking melancholy; with a worried look

Idioms (8)

chóu méi kǔ liǎn

to look anxious (idiom); to look miserable

chóu cháng bǎi jié

hundred knots of worry in one's intestines (idiom); weighed down with anxiety

duō chóu shàn gǎn

melancholy and moody (idiom); depressed personality

duō chóu duō bìng

much sorrows and illness (idiom); melancholy and weakly

xīn chóu jiù hèn

new worries added to old hatred (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new

jiù chóu xīn hèn

old worries with new hatred added (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new

xiāo chóu jiě mèn

(lit.) to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom); diversion from boredom; to dispel depression or melancholy; to relieve stress; a relaxing pass-time

lǜ cǎn hóng chóu

(of women) grieved appearance (idiom); sorrowful mien

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