「杞人憂天」
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Pronunciation: | gei2 jan4 jau1 tin1 |
Individual Character Meaning: |
杞 人 human; human being; person; people; personality; everybody; (some) people; others; somebody; body of a person 憂 worry; sorrow; concern; anxiety; to worry; to be anxious 天 sky; day; 24 hours |
Part of Speech: | verb |
Explanation: |
to worry about something that is very unlikely to happen; literally: to worry that the sky might fall down
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