报忧

Traditional form:

報憂

Pinyin (reading):

bàoyōu

Definitions:

• to report bad news
• to announce failure, shortcoming or disaster

Characters:

• 报 - to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge
• 忧 - sad, grieving; melancholy, grief

Traditional characters:

• 報 - to announce, to report; newspaper; payback, revenge
• 憂 - sad, grieving; melancholy, grief