Words — 1 found
qǐ rén zhī yōu
ㄑㄧˇ ㄖㄣˊ ㄓ ㄧㄡ
杞 人 之 憂
杞 人 之 忧
Simplified Traditional 杞人之忧 杞人之憂
  1. Idiom
    1. lit. the fear held by a man of qǐ杞 that the sky would fall
  2. 2. fig. groundless fears
Hanzi — 4 found
rén ㄖㄣˊ 人 人
  1. 1. man
  2. 2. people
  3. 3. mankind
  4. 4. someone else
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zhī ㄓ 之 之
  1. 1. marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase
  2. 2. it, him her, them
  3. 3. go to
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qǐ ㄑㄧˇ 杞 杞
  1. 1. willow
  2. 2. medlar tree
  3. Noun
    3. a small feudal state (Qi)
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yōu ㄧㄡ 憂 忧
  1. 1. sad, grieved
  2. 2. grief, melancholy
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