chóu

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Definitions

  1. 1. to worry about

Words Containing 愁

愁眉苦脸
chóu méi kǔ liǎn

to look anxious (idiom)

忧愁
yōu chóu

to be worried

犯愁
fàn chóu

to worry

发愁
fā chóu

to worry

借酒浇愁
jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu

to drown one's sorrows (in alcohol)

哀愁
āi chóu

sorrow; sadness

多愁善感
duō chóu shàn gǎn

melancholy and moody (idiom); depressed personality

多愁多病
duō chóu duō bìng

much sorrows and illness (idiom); melancholy and weakly

怎一个愁字了得
zěn yī gè chóu zì liǎo dé

(last line of the poem 聲聲慢|声声慢[shēng shēng màn] by Song poet Li Qingzhao 李清照[lǐ qīng zhào])

悲愁
bēi chóu

melancholy

愁闷
chóu mèn

depressed

愁眉不展
chóu méi bù zhǎn

with a worried frown

愁绪
chóu xù

melancholy

愁肠
chóu cháng

anxiety

愁肠百结
chóu cháng bǎi jié

hundred knots of worry in one's intestines (idiom); weighed down with anxiety

愁苦
chóu kǔ

anxiety

消愁解闷
xiāo chóu jiě mèn

lit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom); diversion from boredom

皇帝女儿不愁嫁
huáng dì nǚ ér bù chóu jià

lit. the emperor's daughter does not worry about whether she will be able to marry (idiom)

穷愁
qióng chóu

destitute

穷愁潦倒
qióng chóu liáo dǎo

impoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless

绿惨红愁
lǜ cǎn hóng chóu

(of women) grieved appearance (idiom)

虱子多了不痒,债多了不愁
shī zi duō le bù yǎng , zhài duō le bù chóu

lit. covered with lice, one doesn't feel the itching anymore; up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (idiom)

解愁
jiě chóu

to relieve melancholy

乡愁
xiāng chóu

homesickness

离愁
lí chóu

parting sorrow

面带愁容
miàn dài chóu róng

with a sad air