Qǐ rén yōu tiān

Traditional: 杞人憂天

杞人忧天 (Qǐ rén yōu tiān) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. like the man of 杞[Qi3] who feared the sky would fall (idiom); fig. to entertain groundless fears”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. like the man of 杞[Qi3] who feared the sky would fall (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to entertain groundless fears

Characters in 杞人忧天

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