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Trad. 憂
- to worry
- to concern oneself with
- worried
- anxiety
- sorrow
- (literary) to observe mourning
Trad. 報憂
- to report bad news
- to announce failure, shortcoming or disaster
Trad. 殷憂啟聖
- deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom)
- storms make oaks take deeper root
Trad. 排憂解難
- to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)
Trad. 內憂外困
- internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad
Trad. 內憂外患
- internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad
Trad. 憂心忡忡
- deeply worried and sick at heart (idiom)
Trad. 高枕無憂
- to sleep peacefully (idiom)
- (fig.) to rest easy
- to be free of worries
Trad. 後顧之憂
- 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"
Trad. 杞人之憂
- lit. the fear held by a man of 杞[Qi3] that the sky would fall (idiom)
- fig. groundless fears
Trad. 杞人憂天
- lit. like the man of 杞[Qi3] who feared the sky would fall (idiom)
- fig. to entertain groundless fears
Trad. 杞國之憂
- see 杞人之憂|杞人之忧[Qi3 ren2 zhi1 you1]
Trad. 杞國憂天
- see 杞人憂天|杞人忧天[Qi3 ren2 you1 tian1]
Trad. 喜憂參半
- to have mixed feelings (about sth)
Trad. 無憂無慮
- (idiom) carefree; without worries
Trad. 衣食無憂
- not having to worry about clothes and food (idiom)
- to be provided with the basic necessities
Trad. 飽經憂患
- having experienced much suffering
Trad. 報喜不報憂
- to report only the good news, not the bad news
- to hold back unpleasant news
- to sweep bad news under the carpet
Trad. 替古人擔憂
- to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily
- crying over spilt milk
- often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
Trad. 替古人耽憂
- to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily
- crying over spilt milk
- often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
Trad. 一則以喜，一則以憂
- happy on the one hand, but worried on the other
Trad. 人無遠慮，必有近憂
- 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.
Trad. 生於憂患，死於安樂
- to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living (idiom)
- life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure