愁
chóu
Pinyin

Definition

愁
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chóu
  1. to worry about

Character Decomposition

Related Words (18)

愁
chóu
  1. 1 to worry about
哀愁
āi chóu
  1. 1 sorrow
  2. 2 sadness
  3. 3 distressed
  4. 4 sorrowful
多愁善感
duō chóu shàn gǎn
  1. 1 melancholy and moody (idiom); depressed personality
忧愁
yōu chóu
  1. 1 to be worried
发愁
fā chóu
  1. 1 to worry
  2. 2 to fret
  3. 3 to be anxious
  4. 4 to become sad

Idioms (8)

多愁善感
duō chóu shàn gǎn
  1. 1 melancholy and moody (idiom); depressed personality
多愁多病
duō chóu duō bìng
  1. 1 much sorrows and illness (idiom); melancholy and weakly
愁眉苦脸
chóu méi kǔ liǎn
  1. 1 to look anxious (idiom)
  2. 2 to look miserable
愁肠百结
chóu cháng bǎi jié
  1. 1 hundred knots of worry in one's intestines (idiom); weighed down with anxiety
新愁旧恨
xīn chóu jiù hèn
  1. 1 new worries added to old hatred (idiom); afflicted by problems old and new

Sample Sentences

是，这个月是有点奇怪，眼瞅着都快过去了，还没见你歇斯底里地多愁善感，或者火冒三丈地哭天抢地。
shì ，zhè ge yuè shì yǒudiǎnr qíguài ，yǎnchǒuzhe dōu kuài guòqù le ，hái méi jiàn nǐ xiēsīdǐlǐ de duōchóushàngǎn ，huò zhě huǒmàosānzhàng de kūtiānqiǎngdì 。
Yes, this month you've been a bit strange. It'll all be over in the blink of an eye, I still haven't seen you in hysteric fits of melancholy, or crying and making a fuss in fits of anger.
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结着愁怨的姑娘。
jié zhe chóuyuàn de gūniang 。
a lady that is full of worries and sorrow.
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丁香一样的忧愁，
dīngxiāng yīyàng de yōuchóu ，
The worry of a lilac,
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旅游软件能告诉你如何欣赏京都的美吗？春季赏樱、秋天赏枫，冬日在风雪中领会千年古都的美丽哀愁...
lǚyóu ruǎnjiàn néng gàosu nǐ rúhé xīnshǎng jīngdōu de měi ma ？chūnjì shǎngyīng 、qiūtiān shǎngfēng ，dōng rì zài fēng xuě zhōng lǐnghuì qiān nián gǔdōu de měilì āichóu ...
Can software tell you how to enjoy the beauty Kyoto has to offer? With the cherry blossoms in spring and the maple trees in autumn, or enjoying the desolate beauty of the the thousand-year-old ancient city of Kyoto in the snow...
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好啊！我正愁着不知道从哪儿着手呢。
hǎo a ！wǒ zhèng chóu zhe bù zhīdào cóng nǎr zhuóshǒu ne 。
OK! I was at a loss as to where to start.
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心灵，引开去？所以意思是把心灵从种种忧愁、欲念、压力负担引离开去，得到自由解脱？
xīnlíng ，yǐnkāiqù ？suǒyǐ yìsi shì bǎ xīnlíng cóng zhǒngzhǒng chóu 、yùniàn 、yālì fùdān yǐnlíkāi qù ，dédào zìyóu jiětuō ？
Spirit, draw away? So it means leaving behind your worries, desires and stress, liberating yourself?
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嗨，不提还好，一提就是一把辛酸泪啊，目前市场竞争太激烈，年初成立公司以后，我的作息规律就完全给打破了，头发都愁白了。
hāi ，bùtí hái hǎo ，yī tí jiùshì yī bǎ xīnsuānlèi ā ，mùqián shìchǎng jìngzhēng tài jīliè ，nián chū chénglì gōngsī yǐhòu ，wǒ de zuòxí guīlǜ jiù wánquán gěi dǎpò le ，tóufa dōu chóubái le 。
Hey, don't bring it up or you'll make me cry. The competition on the market is pretty fierce. After starting a company at the start of the year, now my work life balance is completely messed up and my hair is already going grey.
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怎么了，这两天看你一副愁眉苦脸的样子，情绪那么低落，出什么事了吗？
zěnmele ，zhèliǎngtiān kàn nǐ yī fù chóuméikǔliǎn de yàngzi ，qíngxù nàme dīluò ，chū shénme shì le ma ？
What's wrong? You've been looking miserable for the past couple of days. Why are you in such low spirits? Did something happen?
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你呀，哪来那么多愁善感。人生在世哪有一帆风顺没有挫折的，就像心电图啊，高低起伏才说明有活力。老人不是常说，“得之我幸，失之我命”，看开点儿，得失心别那么重，保持向上的姿态，那些烦心事就不足挂齿了。
nǐ ya ，nǎ lái nàme duōchóushàngǎn 。rénshēng zàishì nǎyǒu yīfánfēngshùn méiyǒu cuòzhé de ，jiù xiàng xīndiàntú ā ，gāodī qǐfú cái shuōmíng yǒu huólì 。lǎorén bùshì cháng shuō ，“dé zhī wǒ xìng ，shī zhī wǒ mìng ”，kàn kāi diǎnr ，déshī xīn bié nàme zhòng ，bǎochí xiàngshàng de zītài ，nàxiē fánxīnshì jiù bùzúguàchǐ le 。
Why so depressed? There's no such thing as a life that's all smooth sailing without any frustrations. It's like an ECG, it's only when there are ups and downs that you know you're alive. Don't old people always say, "to gain is luck, to lose is fate". Try to cheer up a bit, don't take gains and losses to heart. If you keep striving forward, your troubles aren't worth dwelling on.
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很有创意啊，确实豪放派的风格多为乐观豁达，所以这首词中也同样表现出了这种精神，苏轼把人世间的悲欢离合之情纳入对宇宙人生的哲理追寻之中，虽有离别的愁绪，更有对生活的憧憬与希冀。
hěnyǒu chuàngyì ā ，quèshí háofàng pài de fēnggé duō wèi lèguān huòdá ，suǒyǐ zhè shǒu cí zhōng yě tóngyàng biǎoxiànchū le zhèzhǒng jīngshén ，Sū Shì bǎ rénshìjiān de bēihuānlíhé zhī qíng nàrù duì yǔzhòu rénshēng de zhélǐ zhuīxún zhīzhōng ，suī yǒu líbié de chóuxù ，gèng yǒu duì shēnghuó de chōngjǐng yǔ xījì 。
That's so creative, the style of the unrestrained school is more optimistic and sanguine, so this ci poem reflects this spirit. Su Shi incorporates the joys and sorrows of the world into the search for a philosophical theory of life in the universe. Although there are partings and sorrow, there is also hope and longing for life.
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