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烦恼

fán nǎo

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 煩惱

烦恼 (fán nǎo) means "to be worried". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 烦恼 means

1. to be worried
2. to be distressed
3. worries

The characters in 烦恼

• 烦fánto feel vexed; to bother; to trouble
• 恼nǎoto get angry

Example sentences

• 汤姆，把烦恼忘掉吧。
  Hey, Tom, forget about your worries.
• 生活中的烦恼在所难免。
  Shēnghuó zhōng de fánnǎo zàisuǒnánmiǎn.
  The troubles of life are inevitable.
• 现在有什么烦恼的事情吗？
  Xiànzài yǒu shénme fánnǎo de shìqing ma?
  Is there anything that worries you right now?
• 现在有什幺烦恼的事情吗？
  Is there anything that worries you right now?
• 他们的烦恼是由一件琐碎的事而起的。
  Tāmen de fánnǎo shì yóu yī jiàn suǒsuì de shì ér qǐ de.
  Their trouble stems from a trifling matter.
• 能付出爱心就是福，能消除烦恼就是慧。
  Knowing how to love is success; knowing how to relax is wisdom.

Words containing 烦恼

• 自寻烦恼zì xún fán nǎoto bring trouble on oneself (idiom)

Where 烦恼 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Negative emotions & reactions (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fán nǎo correctly.
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