杞国之忧

qǐ guó zhī yōu

释义

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

杞国之忧 的构成词

• 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