杞人忧天 qǐrényōutiān groundless fears Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 杞人忧天 杞人憂天 qǐrényōutiān groundless fears (idiom) to entertain unnecessary or imaginary worries; literally "the man of 杞 qǐ who feared the sky would fall" Frequency Movie subtitles 0.860 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.734 per million Cross-References Has abbreviation 杞忧 qǐyōuReferenced by 杞人之忧 qǐrénzhīyōu Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
杞人忧天 杞人憂天 qǐrényōutiān groundless fears (idiom) to entertain unnecessary or imaginary worries; literally "the man of 杞 qǐ who feared the sky would fall" Frequency Movie subtitles 0.860 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.734 per million Cross-References Has abbreviation 杞忧 qǐyōuReferenced by 杞人之忧 qǐrénzhīyōu Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)