忧 yōu

sad, grieved; grief, melancholy

HSK 6 #1461

DEFINITIONS

忧 yōu
  • to worry
  • to concern oneself with
  • worried
  • anxiety
  • sorrow
  • (literary) to observe mourning

STROKES

忧 stroke order diagram
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WORDS

忧郁 yōu yù
HSK 6
sullen; depressed; melancholy; dejected
无忧无虑 wú yōu wú lǜ
HSK 6
carefree and without worries (idiom)
后顾之忧 hòu gù zhī yōu
HSK 6
fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action); worries about the future consequences; often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"
担忧 dān yōu to worry; to be concerned
忧伤 yōu shāng distressed; laden with grief
忧虑 yōu lǜ to worry; anxiety (about)
忧愁 yōu chóu to be worried
杞人忧天 qǐ rén yōu tiān man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears
高枕无忧 gāo zhěn wú yōu to sleep peacefully (idiom); (fig.) to rest easy; to be free of worries
忧心忡忡 yōu xīn chōng chōng deeply worried and sick at heart (idiom)
忧心 yōu xīn concerned; worried; disturbed; anxious
喜忧参半 xǐ yōu cān bàn to have mixed feelings (about sth)
烦忧 fán yōu to worry; to fret
分忧 fēn yōu to share tribulations; to help sb with worries and difficulties
排忧解难 pái yōu jiě nàn to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)
堪忧 kān yōu worrying; bleak
报忧 bào yōu to report bad news; to announce failure, shortcoming or disaster
忧患 yōu huàn suffering; misery; hardship
一则以喜，一则以忧 yī zé yǐ xǐ ， yī zé yǐ yōu happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
丁忧 dīng yōu (literary) to be in mourning after the death of a parent
人无远虑，必有近忧 rén wú yuǎn lǜ ， bì yǒu jìn yōu He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects).; Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.
先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐 xiān tiān xià zhī yōu ér yōu ， hòu tiān xià zhī lè ér lè The first concern is affairs of state, enjoying the pleasure comes later. Quotation from essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4 yan1]
内忧外困 nèi yōu wài kùn internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad
内忧外患 nèi yōu wài huàn internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad
报喜不报忧 bào xǐ bù bào yōu to report only the good news, not the bad news; to hold back unpleasant news; to sweep bad news under the carpet
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