Chinese Dictionary

Usage of the character 耽

to indulge in
to delay

variant of 耽 (dān)

to tarry
to delay
to stop over

variant of 擔心／担心 (dānxīn)

to delay
to hold up
to waste time
to interfere with

(slang) boys' love, aka BL (genre of homoerotic online literature)

to indulge in
to wallow in

variant of 擔憂／担忧 (dānyōu)

tìgǔréndānyōu

替古人耽忧

[替古人耽憂]

to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily
crying over spilt milk
often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues