杞国之忧
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Definitions
- 1. man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears
Child Words of 杞国之忧
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
country; nation; state (CL:個|个[gè])
to worry
Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense)
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