杞人忧天 (Qi3 ren2 you1 tian1) | Chinese meaning

杞人忧天【Qǐ rén yōu tiān】

(lit.) like the man of 杞【Qǐ】 who feared the sky would fall (idiom)
(fig.) to entertain groundless fears

汉语词典Chinese definitions

杞人忧天【qǐ rén yōu tiān】

bǐ yù比喻quē fá缺乏gēn jù根据qiě且bù bì yào不必要de的yōu lǜ忧虑

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杞人忧天【Qǐ rén yōu tiān】

(lit.) like the man of 杞【Qǐ】 who feared the sky would fall (idiom)
(fig.) to entertain groundless fears

汉语词典Chinese definitions

杞人忧天【qǐ rén yōu tiān】

bǐ yù比喻quē fá缺乏gēn jù根据qiě且bù bì yào不必要de的yōu lǜ忧虑

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杞

含义willow; medlar tree; a small feudal state (Qi)

拼音qǐ

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人

含义man; people; mankind; someone else

拼音rén

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忧

含义sad, grieved; grief, melancholy

拼音yōu

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天

含义sky, heaven; god, celestial

拼音tiān

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杞人忧天【Qǐ rén yōu tiān】

(lit.) like the man of 杞【Qǐ】 who feared the sky would fall (idiom)
(fig.) to entertain groundless fears

汉语词典Chinese definitions

杞人忧天【qǐ rén yōu tiān】

bǐ yù比喻quē fá缺乏gēn jù根据qiě且bù bì yào不必要de的yōu lǜ忧虑

Wiktionary

杞人忧天【Qǐ rén yōu tiān】

(lit.) like the man of 杞【Qǐ】 who feared the sky would fall (idiom)
(fig.) to entertain groundless fears

汉语词典Chinese definitions

杞人忧天【qǐ rén yōu tiān】

bǐ yù比喻quē fá缺乏gēn jù根据qiě且bù bì yào不必要de的yōu lǜ忧虑

Wiktionary

杞

含义willow; medlar tree; a small feudal state (Qi)

拼音qǐ

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人

含义man; people; mankind; someone else

拼音rén

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忧

含义sad, grieved; grief, melancholy

拼音yōu

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天

含义sky, heaven; god, celestial

拼音tiān

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