不愁 + 动词
not have to worry about
Structure
（有了…／只要…）， 主语 不愁 动词（卖、吃、穿、找工作…）
What it means
‘Not have to worry about’: says something will take care of itself; the verb names what might have been hard.
How it is built
(有了…/只要…) + subject + 不愁 + verb: 这个专业很热门，毕业以后不愁找工作 (graduates need not worry about finding jobs). Set phrase: 不愁吃不愁穿.
When to use it
Spoken and neutral; usually follows a condition (有了…, 只要…, …就不愁). 不愁找工作 and 不愁找不到工作 mean the same.
Watch out
Don't swap in 不担心 + a bare verb; 担心 needs a fuller object. ✗不担心卖 ✓不愁卖 / 不用担心卖不出去.
Examples
有了物流园，菜种得再多也不愁卖。
With the logistics park there, however much you grow, you need not worry about selling it.
这个专业很热门，毕业以后不愁找工作。
This subject is in great demand, so graduates need not worry about finding jobs.
现在的老人不愁吃不愁穿，最怕的是孤独。
Old people today need not worry about food or clothes; what they fear most is loneliness.
Learn this in Lesson 173 · HSK 7–9: 寿光的大棚 (The greenhouses of Shouguang)
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