look with anxiety at the world’s ills; watch the country’s ills with deep concern
? 他～，浮想聯(lián)翩。He surveyed the world with concern,thoughts thronging his mind.
蒿目時艱hāo mù shí jiān
蒿：遠(yuǎn)望；時艱：時勢艱難危險。指對危難的世事或時局深感憂慮不安。look with anxiety at the world’s ills, watch the country’s ills with deep concern, foresee and worry about worldly troubles