分忧 (fēn yōu) — to share someone's cares and burdens | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

To share in someone's worries and troubles — not solving them, but lightening the emotional load alongside them.

verb

to share someone's cares and burdens

Examples

，分忧。
Péng you yù dào kùn nan shí, wǒ men yīng gāi zhǔ dòng wèi tā fēn yōu.
When friends face difficulties, we should proactively share their burdens.
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Zhè jiàn shì wǒ bāng bú shàng dà máng, dàn zhì shǎo néng fēn yì diǎn yōu.
I can't help much with this matter, but at least I can share some of the worry.
，分忧。
Zuò wéi zǐ nǚ, zhǎng dà hòu yào dǒng de wèi fù mǔ fēn yōu.
As children, when we grow up we should know how to share our parents' burdens.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

动宾dòngbīnVerb + object

An action followed by what it acts on, fused into one word.

分fēnshare out

'分' means share out and '忧' means worries; together they mean sharing someone's cares.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

八刀分

八八bāto separate
刀刀dāoknife

分 pairs 八 (to separate) with 刀 (knife), showing something cut apart with a knife.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

尤

尤yóu忧yōu

Same sound today

The heart part 心 marks a feeling, and 尤 gives the sound.

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