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虑

lǜ

HSK 4 Character Traditional 慮

What 虑 means

1. to think over
2. to consider
3. anxiety

Example sentences

• 我毫无顾虑。
  I don't have a care in the world.
• 请考虑一下。
  Please think it over.
• 那值得考虑。
  That is worth considering.
• 周一让人焦虑。
  Zhōuyī ràng rén jiāolǜ.
  Monday makes people anxious.
• 我将考虑考虑。
  I'll have to think about it.
• 我会考虑一下。
  I'll think it over.

Words starting with 虑

• 虑病症lǜ bìng zhènghypochondria

Words containing 虑

• 考虑kǎo lǜto think over; to consider; consideration
• 顾虑gù lǜmisgivings; apprehensions; to worry about; to be concerned about
• 无忧无虑wú yōu wú lǜ(idiom) carefree; without worries
• 焦虑jiāo lǜanxious; worried; apprehensive
• 忧虑yōu lǜto worry; anxiety (about)
• 疑虑yí lǜhesitation; misgivings; doubt
• 深思熟虑shēn sī shú lǜmature reflection; after careful deliberations
• 思虑sī lǜto think sth through; to consider carefully
• 处心积虑chǔ xīn jī lǜto plot actively (idiom); scheming; calculating
• 多虑duō lǜto worry unnecessarily
• 可虑kě lǜworrisome
• 不足为虑bù zú wéi lǜto give no cause for anxiety; nothing to worry about
• 充分考虑chōng fèn kǎo lǜto give sufficient consideration to
• 安全考虑ān quán kǎo lǜsecurity concerns; safety considerations
• 远虑yuǎn lǜlong-term considerations; to take the long view
• 无思无虑wú sī wú lǜ(idiom) carefree; untroubled
• 熟虑shú lǜcareful thought
• 谋虑móu lǜto plan and consider; to reflect on one's best strategy
• 深谋远虑shēn móu yuǎn lǜlit. deep plans and distant thoughts; to plan far ahead (idiom)
• 挂虑guà lǜto worry about
• 焦虑症jiāo lǜ zhèngneurosis; anxiety
• 焦虑不安jiāo lǜ bù ānworried too much
• 广泛性焦虑症guǎng fàn xìng jiāo lǜ zhènggeneralized anxiety disorder (GAD)
• 朝不虑夕zhāo bù lǜ xīat dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state; imminent crisis…

Characters built on 虍

These share the phonetic component 虍 (hū), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 虚xūemptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles
• 虎hǔtiger
• 虏lǔprisoner of war; to capture; to take prisoner
• 虞yú(literary) to expect; to anticipate; (literary) to be concerned about…

Characters that look like 虑

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 虚xūemptiness; void; abstract theory or guiding principles
• 虐nüè(bound form) brutal; oppressive; harsh; (literary) disaster; catastrophe
• 扇shànfan; sliding, hinged or detachable flat part of sth; classifier for doors, windows etc
• 逸yì(bound form) to flee; to escape; (bound form) (of a book, author etc) lost (to the ages)…
• 庸yōngordinary; to use
• 扂diàndoor latch

Sounds the same

Read lǜ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 绿green; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子
• 律law
• 率(bound form) ratio; rate; proportion
• 滤to strain; to filter
• 氯chlorine (chemistry)
• 葎Humulus japonicus
• 鑢polishing tool
• 膟sacrificial flesh
• 垏(literary) earth ridge between fields; (used in place names)
• 嵂to rise sharply; to tower
• 卛old variant of 率