杞人之憂
qǐ​rén​zhī​yōu

groundless fears

  • created reference approved 杞人之忧/杞人之憂 → 杞人忧天/杞人憂天 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杞人之忧 / 杞人之憂 qǐ​rén​zhī​yōu

    杞人忧天 / 杞人憂天 qǐ​rén​yōu​tiān

    see

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    created reference

  • created sense approved 杞人之忧/杞人之憂 · qǐ​rén​zhī​yōu · groundless fears — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    杞人之忧 / 杞人之憂

    qǐ​rén​zhī​yōu

    groundless fears

    groundless or unnecessary anxiety; literal fear that the sky might fall; see [[杞人忧天|杞人憂天|qi3 ren2 you1 tian1]]

    杞 (literal) → 杞 · qǐ · Qi State 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 忧 (literal) → 忧/憂 · yōu · worry

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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