杞国之忧 in English Qi3 guo2 zhi1 you1 Meaning

Meanings

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

Simplified Characters

杞 国 之 忧

Traditional Characters

杞 國 之 憂

Pinyin

Qi3 guo2 zhi1 you1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

杞qi3Qi, a Zhou Dynasty vassal state 国guo2surname Guo 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 忧you1to worry