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杞

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Definitions

  1. 1. Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense)
  2. 2. willow

Words Containing 杞

杞人之忧
qǐ rén zhī yōu

man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears

杞人忧天
qǐ rén yōu tiān

man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears

杞国
qǐ guó

the State of Qǐ in modern Qǐ county 杞縣|杞县, Henan (c. 1500-445 BC), a small vassal state of Shang and Western Zhou for most of its existence

杞国之忧
qǐ guó zhī yōu

man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears

杞国忧天
qǐ guó yōu tiān

man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears

杞天之虑
qǐ tiān zhī lǜ

man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears

杞妇
qǐ fù

the wife of 杞梁[qǐ liáng], a senior official of the state of Qi 杞[qǐ] who died on a military expedition

杞梓之林
qǐ zǐ zhī lín

forest of wolfberry and catalpa (Lycium chinense and Catalpa ovata, idiom); fig. great quantity of talent

杞县
qǐ xiàn

Qi county in Kaifeng 開封|开封[kāi fēng], Henan

枸杞
gǒu qǐ

wolfberry (Lycium chinense)

枸杞子
gǒu qǐ zǐ

goji berry

柳杞
liǔ qǐ

willow

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