忧心 (憂心)
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Pinyin
Definition
忧心 (憂心)
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- concerned
- worried
- disturbed
- anxious
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 heart
- 2 innermost being
- 3 (math.) incenter
- 1 to be careful
- 2 to take care
Idioms (20)
一心一德
- 1 of one heart and one mind (idiom)
一心二用
- 1 to do two things at once (idiom)
- 2 to multitask
- 3 to divide one's attention
一门心思
- 1 to set one's heart on sth (idiom)
三心二意
- 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
- 2 half-hearted
- 3 shilly-shallying
不到黄河心不死
- 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
- 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
- 3 to keep going while some hope is left
Sample Sentences
老公,你这两天怎么老是忧心忡忡的?是不是工作不顺利?
Dear, how come you've been so worried these last few days? Is your job not going well?
是啊,最近连一些老字号的品牌也爆出食安问题,真让人忧心,所以我更加不敢买加工食品了,至于开销嘛,吃出病来,还不是要花钱看医生。
Yes, recently even some older brands have gotten caught up in safety scandals, it's quite worrying, so I'm even more reluctant to buy processed foods, as to costs, you would have to spend it on seeing a doctor if you got sick from food anyway.