犯愁

• Pinyin: fàn chóu
• Desglose de hanzi: 犯 = 犭 + 己 (animal radical + self — to transgress or fall into something); 愁 = 秋 + 心 (autumn + heart — the melancholy feeling associated with autumn)

Significado

Estar preocupado; comerse la cabeza.

Colloquial and natural in spoken Chinese. 犯愁 typically describes a lingering, low-grade worry rather than acute panic. Frequently used when someone is stuck on a practical problem with no obvious way forward. Common in everyday conversation and literary dialogue.

Ejemplos

1. 眼看着年底考核的日期逼近，却迟迟找不到突破口，他整日为此犯愁，连吃饭睡觉都提不起精神来。
2. 孩子总是不好好吃饭，这让她每天都在为如何让孩子摄入足够营养而犯愁，试了许多方法却收效甚微。
3. 这个方案在技术层面没有太大问题，让他犯愁的倒是如何在预算严重不足的情况下保证项目的按时交付。

Guía de uso

Contexto: everyday, emotional, spoken

Tono: neutral

Correcto

• 她为即将到来的公开演讲犯了好几天的愁，直到同事帮她一起整理了演讲思路并做了几次模拟练习之后，她的紧张情绪才逐渐平复下来。(She fretted for several days over the upcoming public speech, and it was only after a colleague helped her organise her thoughts and run through several mock rehearsals that her anxiety gradually settled.)
• 老王最近一直在为儿子的婚事犯愁，儿子年近三十却迟迟没有合适的对象，亲戚们每次聚会都免不了旁敲侧击地追问。(Old Wang has been fretting about his son's marriage lately — his son is nearly thirty and still has no suitable partner, and relatives never fail to probe the topic at every family gathering.)

Incorrecto

• 犯愁 in formal written contexts — use 忧虑、担忧 or 焦虑 instead, as 犯愁 sounds too colloquial for official documents or academic writing

Origen e historia

犯 (to fall into/encounter) + 愁 (sorrow/worry) — to fall into a state of worry

Contexto cultural

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal