忧虑

yoū lǜ · HSK 7

to worry

忧 worry + 虑 ponder = anxious pondering, i.e. to worry

Both characters carry the heart radical 心: 忧 is grief/worry and 虑 is to ponder or be concerned. Together they mean turning a worry over and over in the mind — sustained anxiety about something.

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