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杞人之忧
qǐ​rén​zhī​yōu

groundless fears

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
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 qǐ​rén​yōu​tiān

Frequency

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0.018 per million

Cross-References

See

  • 杞人忧天 qǐ​rén​yōu​tiān

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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