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杞gei2人jan4之zi1憂jau1

simp杞人之忧
gei2 jan4 zi1 jau1Qǐ rén zhī yōu

English

  1. (lit.) the fear held by a man of 杞[Qi3] that the sky would fall (idiom)
  2. (fig.) groundless fears

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese

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