杞人之忧

Traditional: 杞人之憂

Qǐ rén zhī yōu

Dictionary entry

(lit.) the fear held by a man of 杞[Qi3] that the sky would fall (idiom)

What does 杞人之忧 mean?

杞人之忧 (Qǐ rén zhī yōu) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(lit.) the fear held by a man of 杞[Qi3] that the sky would fall (idiom)

2(fig.) groundless fears

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杞QǐQi, a Zhou Dynasty vassal state · surname Qi 人rénperson; people · CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 忧yōuto worry · to concern oneself with

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杞人之忧

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