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杞人憂天
gei2 jan4 jau1 tin1
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entertain imaginary or groundless fears (like the man of Qi who was haunted by the fear that the sky might fall)  Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 1710 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Steph_fr on 2nd Jul 2007 15:28 and last edited on 20th Sep 2013 18:46 |
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Characters in this word:杞 gei2 - a species of willow人 jan4 - person; human being 憂 jau1 - worry about; look worried; sorrow 天 tin1 - sky, heaven |
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