杞人忧天 (Qǐ rén yōu tiān) — groundless fears; unnecessary worry; the person of Qi worrying that the sky will fall (idiom)
Definition
A chengyu from an old story: a man from Qi feared the sky would fall. Use it to call out groundless, unnecessary worry.
idiom
groundless fearsunnecessary worrythe person of Qi worrying that the sky will fall (idiom)
Examples
- 杞人忧天，。Nǐ de dān xīn wán quán shì Qǐ rén yōu tiān, zhè jiàn shì bú huì yǒu wèn tí de.Your worry is completely groundless; this matter won't have any problems.
- 杞人忧天，。Bié Qǐ rén yōu tiān le, tiān qì yù bào shuō jīn tiān shì qíng tiān.Don't worry unnecessarily; the weather forecast says it's sunny today.
- ，杞人忧天。Tā zǒng dān xīn gǔ shì huì bēng pán, dàn hěn duō rén jué de tā shì zài Qǐ rén yōu tiān.He always worries the stock market might crash, but many people think he is borrowing trouble.
Origin
Compound word构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate
A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.
杞人 means a person from Qi and 忧天 means worrying the sky will fall, giving groundless fear.
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