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忧虑

yōu lǜ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 憂慮

忧虑 (yōu lǜ) means "to worry; anxiety (about)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 忧虑 means

1. to worry
2. anxiety (about)

The characters in 忧虑

• 忧yōuto worry; to concern oneself with; worried
• 虑lǜto think over; to consider; anxiety

Example sentences

• 烦恼带不走明天的忧虑, 但却拿走了今天的力量。
  Fánnǎo dài bù zǒu míngtiān de yōulǜ, dàn què názǒu le jīntiān de lìliang.
  Worrying doesn't take away tomorrow's concerns, but it does take away today's power.

Sounds the same

Read yōu lǜ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 幽绿moss green; dark sea green
• 懮虑(feel) anxiety; concern

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