to worry / to concern oneself with / worried / anxiety / sorrow / (literary) to observe mourning
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sullen / depressed / melancholy / dejected
distressed / laden with grief
to worry / to be concerned
to worry / anxiety (about)
to be worried
deeply worried and sick at heart (idiom)
concerned / worried / disturbed / anxious
(idiom) carefree / without worries
to sleep peacefully (idiom) / (fig.) to rest easy / to be free of worries
fears of trouble in the rear (idiom) / family worries (obstructing freedom of action) / worries about the future consequences / often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"
to be anxious and worried / agitated / pensive
anxious / distressed / burdened with care
suffering / misery / hardship
depressed / full of worries / feeling down
apprehension / apprehensive
worrying
(psychology) depression
happy on the one hand, but worried on the other
He who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby (idiom, from Analects). / Smug concentration on the here and now will lead to future sorrow.
to be the first to worry about affairs of state, and the last to enjoy oneself (quotation from the essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记[] by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[])
internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom) / in a mess both domestically and abroad
internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom) / in a mess both domestically and abroad
to share tribulations / to help sb with worries and difficulties
to have mixed feelings (about sth)
worrying / bleak
to report only the good news, not the bad news / to hold back unpleasant news / to sweep bad news under the carpet
to report bad news / to announce failure, shortcoming or disaster
daylily (Hemerocallis fulva)
antidepressant
to resolve a difficult situation and leave worries behind (idiom)
to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom) / to worry unnecessarily / crying over spilt milk / often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom) / storms make oaks take deeper root
to worry / to fret
to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living (idiom) / life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure
not having to worry about clothes and food (idiom) / to be provided with the basic necessities
secret concern / private worry
having experienced much suffering
(lit.) like the man of 杞[] who feared the sky would fall (idiom) / (fig.) to entertain groundless fears
(literary) worried facial expression
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