杞国之忧

qǐ guó zhī yōu

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정의

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

杞国之忧의 구성 단어

之
zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])

国
guó

country; nation; state (CL:個|个[gè])

忧
yōu

to worry

杞
qǐ

Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense)

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