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Definitions
- (verb) to worry about
Example Sentences
父母总是为孩子的学习和生活操心。
Fùmǔ zǒngshì wèi háizi de xuéxí hé shēnghuó cāoxīn
Parents always worry about their children's studies and life
Related Words
不怕不识货，只怕货比货(bù pà bù shí huò , zhǐ pà huò bǐ huò)· lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb)
→不怕不识货，就怕货比货(bù pà bù shí huò , jiù pà huò bǐ huò)· lit. don't worry about not knowing goods, but about comparing them (proverb)
→不恤人言(bù xù rén yán)· not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
→不患寡而患不均(bù huàn guǎ ér huàn bù jūn)· do not worry about scarcity, but rather about uneven distribution (idiom, from Analects)
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