忧心忡忡 — Chinese idiom
忧心忡忡
yōu xīn chōng chōng
Traditional: 憂心忡忡
Meaning
- deeply worried and sick at heart
Character by character
- 忧yōusad, grieving; melancholy, grief
- 心xīnheart; mind; soul
- 忡chōngsad, grieving; distressed, uneasy
- 忡chōngsad, grieving; distressed, uneasy
Idioms sharing a character
- 内忧外困 nèi yōu wài kùn
- 内忧外患 nèi yōu wài huàn
- 后顾之忧 hòu gù zhī yōu
- 排忧解难 pái yōu jiě nàn
- 杞人之忧 Qǐ rén zhī yōu
- 杞人忧天 Qǐ rén yōu tiān
- 殷忧启圣 yīn yōu qǐ shèng
- 无忧无虑 wú yōu wú lǜ
- 衣食无忧 yī shí wú yōu
- 高枕无忧 gāo zhěn wú yōu
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