杞人之忧 in English Qi3 ren2 zhi1 you1 Meaning

Meanings

• man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiomatic expression); groundless fears

Pinyin

Qi3 ren2 zhi1 you1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

杞qi3Qi, a Zhou Dynasty vassal state 人ren2man 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 忧you1to worry