杞天之虑

Traditional form:

杞天之慮

Pinyin (reading):

Qǐtiānzhīlü

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 杞 - willow, medlar tree; a small feudal state
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 虑 - anxious, concerned, worried

Traditional characters:

• 杞 - willow, medlar tree; a small feudal state
• 天 - sky, heaven; god, celestial
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 慮 - anxious, concerned, worried