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杞国之忧
qǐ​guó​zhī​yōu

groundless fears

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
杞国之忧 杞國之憂 qǐ​guó​zhī​yōu
groundless fears
literally the fear held by a man from the state of 杞 qǐ that the sky might fall; used as an idiom to describe unnecessary or groundless anxiety
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