chóu

to worry about

autumn (秋) + heart (心) = to worry about

心 carries the meaning: worry lives in the heart. 秋 mainly gives the sound chóu, though autumn's associations with melancholy give the pairing a certain poetic resonance.

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自己找不到工作。

tā chóu zì jǐ zhǎo bu dào gōng zuò。

He worries about not being able to find a job.

妈妈孩子的学习成绩不好。

māma chóu hái zi de xué xí chéng jì bù hǎo。

Mom worries about her child's grades not being good.

Words with 愁

离愁

lí chóu

parting sorrow

借酒浇愁

jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu

(idiom) to drown one's sorrows

债多不愁

zhài duō bù chóu

lit. when up to one's ears in debt, one ceases to worry about it (idiom)

哀愁

āi chóu

sorrow; sadness

多愁善感

duō chóu shàn gǎn

(idiom) emotionally sensitive and prone to melancholy

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[Sheng1 sheng1 Man4] by Song poet Li Qingzhao 李清照[Li3 Qing1 zhao4])

悲愁

bēi chóu

melancholy

愁闷

chóu mèn

depressed

愁眉不展

chóu méi bù zhǎn

with a worried frown

愁眉苦脸

chóu méi kǔ liǎn

to look anxious (idiom)

愁绪

chóu xù

melancholy

More characters with 秋