to think over / to consider / anxiety
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to think over / to consider / consideration
anxious / worried / apprehensive
misgivings / apprehensions / to worry about / to be concerned about
hesitation / misgivings / doubt
to worry / anxiety (about)
mature reflection / after careful deliberations
(idiom) carefree / without worries
worried too much
to plot actively (idiom) / scheming / calculating
hypochondria
to give no cause for anxiety / nothing to worry about
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 give sufficient consideration to
reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom) / to err is human
a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.) / Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.
worrisome
to worry unnecessarily
security concerns / safety considerations
generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)
to think sth through / to consider carefully
(feel) anxiety / concern
to worry about
lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom) / fig. nobody is infallible
at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom) / precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth
to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom) / to think sth through thoroughly / to rack one's brains / to leave no stone unturned
to exhaust one's thoughts and ingenuity (idiom) / to think sth through thoroughly / to rack one's brains / to leave no stone unturned
lit. deep plans and distant thoughts / to plan far ahead (idiom)
profound thoughts or ideas
to free the mind from worries
(idiom) carefree / untroubled
neurosis / anxiety
careful thought
(a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[]) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor / (fig.) one learns more from one's failures than from one's successes
to plan and consider / to reflect on one's best strategy
long-term considerations / to take the long view
see 杞人之憂|杞人之忧[]
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