替古人耽忧
Traditional form:
替古人耽憂
Pinyin (reading):
tìgǔréndānyōu
Definitions:
- to fret over the worries of long-departed people (idiom); to worry unnecessarily
- crying over spilt milk
- often used with negatives, e.g. no need to worry about past issues
Characters:
- 替 - to change, to replace, to substitute for
- 古 - old, classic, ancient
- 人 - man, person; people
- 耽 - to indulge; to delay
- 忧 - sad, grieving; melancholy, grief
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