虑 lǜ anxious
anxious; worried
How to remember 虑: 虍 tiger + 心 heart = anxious. At the zoo the tiger leaps at the glass, and Grandpa's heart pounds as he pulls his grandson back, suddenly very anxious.
Component breakdown
虑 = 虍 tiger + 心 heart
- 虍 tiger
- 心 heart
At the zoo the tiger leaps at the glass, and Grandpa's heart pounds as he pulls his grandson back, suddenly very anxious.
How it came to be
The tiger block, a tiger's head, over a heart. Something with stripes and teeth sits on top of the heart: the fear and the thing feared in the same drawing.
How it is used
- To worry / consider anxiously; bound - 考虑 (kǎolǜ) consider/think over, 焦虑 (jiāolǜ) anxiety, 顾虑 (gùlǜ) misgivings, 疑虑 (yílǜ) doubts.
- 考虑 is neutral 'weigh up / think about'; the others carry worry.
- 无忧无虑 (wúyōu-wúlǜ) means carefree, without a worry.
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Example sentences
- 让我考虑一下。 Ràng wǒ kǎolǜ yī xià.Let me think it over.