杞国之忧

qǐ guó zhī yōu

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

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Child Words of 杞国之忧

• 之 之 zhī: (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
• 国 国 guó: country; nation; state (CL:個|个[gè])
• 忧 忧 yōu: to worry
• 杞 杞 qǐ: Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense)
• 杞国 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