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杞人忧天

杞人憂天
rén yōu tiān

Meanings

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rén yōu tiān
  1. 1.(lit.) like the man of 杞[Qǐ] who feared the sky would fall (idiom)
  2. 2.(fig.) to entertain groundless fears

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to have groundless fears

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Etymology

From a story in Liezi, early first millennium, "Heaven's Gifts", adapted from the translation by A. C. Graham

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