| 耽 | [ dān ] to indulge in, to delay |
| 耽心 | [ dān xīn ] variant of 擔心|担心[dan1 xin1] |
| 耽憂 | [ dān yoū ] variant of 擔憂|担忧[dan1 you1] |
| 耽擱 | [ dān ge ] to tarry, to delay, to stop over |
| 耽溺 | [ dān nì ] to indulge in, to wallow in |
| 耽美 | [ dān meǐ ] (slang) boys' love, aka BL (genre of homoerotic online literature) |
| 耽誤 | [ dān wu ] to delay, to hold up, to waste time, to interfere with |
| ⇒ 替古人耽憂 | [ tì gǔ rén dān yoū ] 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 |
