杞国忧天

qǐ guó yōu tiān

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Definições

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

Palavras componentes de 杞国忧天

国
guó

country; nation; state (CL:個|个[gè])

天
tiān

day

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