Explanation: Qi: Zhou vassal state the name of Qi County of Henan in this area. Qi state-owned personal fear monsters. Analogy unnecessary or unfounded worries and concerns. Usage: The main predicate; as predicate, adverbial; containing derogatory Source: Cheng Lie Yukou Warring States "Liezi Shui": "State of Qi who worry about falling world collapse, the death of the mail, who spent eat or sleep." Examples: ~, Sad eyes of Bo into account. (Qing Li Ruzhen "Flowers in the Mirror" twenty-seventh back) Story: Qi State in the past, there was a timid and a bit nervous, he often thought of some strange problems, and people baffled. One day, he ate dinner, took a big palm-leaf fan, sitting in front of the process volume, and said to himself: "If one day, heaven down, then how to do it? We not be free Road to escape, but will be crushed alive, which is not too unfair to you? "Since then, he almost every day to worry about this problem, trouble, friends to see him in a trance all day long, his face gaunt, very worried for him However, when we know the reasons, they all came to persuade him, said: "Brother ah! Why should you bother to do this? how the sky will fall down? In that fall down even if it is not your One worry concerns can be resolved, ah, want to point it open! "But, no matter how people said he did not believe, still, sometimes, unnecessary problems for the concerns. Who was under the above story, extended as "unfounded" idiom, its main meaning people do not wake up for some unrealistic things and blue. It is with the "fuss" about the same meaning.
qǐ rén yōu tiān
"Lie Zi Shui" Qi state people, worry about falling world collapse, the death of KMT, who spent eat or sleep. "Post, due to the unfounded," said the message may not be unnecessarily worried about Zongling true, imaginary independence Kuxin.
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qǐ rén yōu tiān
"Lie Zi Shui": "Qi collapse of state who worry about falling world, killed by mail, who spent eat or sleep." Legend of the state-owned personal fear of monsters Qi, Chou De spook
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No. 4
Unnecessary worry metaphor
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No. 5
杞人忧天
杞人忧天
"Lie Zi Shui": "Qi state people, worry about falling world collapse, the death of KMT, who spent eat or sleep." Metaphor for the unnecessary worry later. Qing Shao-heng, "the broker affairs defenders also" poetry: "Zongling message may not be real, imaginary independence Kuxin." Guanying "<Advising Learning> Preface": "When the world music giant public understanding unfounded and stupid, is its partial disadvantage. "Cantonese Opera" Guan Hanqing "sixth:" This fuss, He Yi unfounded. "
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Idiom
杞人忧天 成 语
Unfounded (qǐ rén yōu tiān)
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Pinyin
qǐ rén yōu tiān Unfounded [English translation] 1. [Idiom] The man of Chi worried that the sky might fall down. 2.A man entertains imaginary or groundless fears. 3.to labor under a baseless fear; to meet trouble halfway 4.have groundless worries or anxieties
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解 释
Analogy unnecessary or unfounded worries and anxieties
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Usage
Main predicate; as predicate, adverbial; containing derogatory
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Example
Long Qing Shao-heng, "the broker Newsletter defenders also" poem: "Zongling message may not be true, unfounded alone tiring."
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Source
Warring States Period Lie Yukou "Lie" Lie, name Kou, also known as Yu Kou (also known as "imprison Bandits" "National Bandits"), the Warring States early thinkers, is both representative and a Taoist after Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu Cheng State Putian (Henan Zhengzhou) people, and Zheng Duke Mu simultaneously. Today, Zhengzhou City, 30 miles east po-po Tin Tin north Lie Temple. I learned this in its Yellow Emperor, the main Zhang Qingjing inaction. Han Ban "Art and Literature", "Taoist" section recorded with "Lie" eight volumes. "Lie" aka "Chong Xu Jing", is an important Taoist classics. Lie lifelong commitment to moral knowledge, had studied Guan Yin Zi, Confucius pot son, the old trader's, and other support Bo Gaozai. Zheng four years of seclusion, fame, quiet monasticism. Claims responsibility through real name, inaction. Has twenty books, over one hundred thousand words, this deposit "Shui", "ZENY", "Tom asked," "Yang Chu", "said Fu," "Yellow Emperor", "Zhou Mu", "force life "and eight of a" Lie, "a book. Fable in which hundreds of articles, such as "Yellow Emperor fugue", "courage", "Kua Fu," "unfounded" and so on, Sylvia bead, fun to read, timeless taste long, thought-provoking. Lie mind open-minded, rich or poor unwavering, Rongrubujing. Due to family poverty, often enough to eat, so pale and thin. Zheng Yang funded sub-advised ruling Lie to Bo's a good person each, so the sun will send the child to send him ten cars of grain, to thank him again, he refused to accept in-kind. Wife complained that: I've heard people proper way, his wife and children can live happily, and now I often go hungry. Prime minister to send food to you, you do not accept, I really Bitter ah. Lie smiled and said to his wife: Son Yang did not really know me, listened to the words of others before they take food to me. After listening to the words of others may also be to blame me, so I can not accept. Zheng accident occurred a year later, Yang killed the child, whose party has been implicated numerous lethal, Yu Kou be safe. Such folk are still Lie Heritage of Zhengzhou has spread, Kangxi three years "Zhengzhou Chi" also recorded the story. Lie still mysterious imaginary expensive, monasticism Make surgery Yufeng able Sailing with wind, often in the spring wind and glorious tour. Zhuangzi "chase away tour" Lie wind the line described the scene, "Ling Ran good also, there are the 5th and then back late." His popular drive to where, where it Kumufengchun, back to life. Floating in the air flying, chasing away free, its easy contentment, envy. Xuanzong Tianbao first year (742 years) Longji closure as Chongxu reality, his book is Chongxu Scriptures. [Righteous] in recent Much ado about nothing
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Antonym
Carefree, casual
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Prompt
Blue sky overhead, but worried that the blue sky will collapse down all day; foot of the earth, but the earth will fall down all day scared. This parable pungent satire of those unambitious, thinking person. "The world is nothing, much ado about it." We never do, "Qi modern man", and to aim high, open mind, in order to achieve the lofty ideals, the entire body and mind into learning and work. Enthusiastic people who fable heaven, earth, stars, moon explanation is unscientific, can only represent the prevailing level of awareness, but he kind of caring spirit, patience, practice-induced, or praiseworthy.
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Original
Qi collapse of state who fear falling world ①, killed by mail ②, who spent eat or sleep. He worries that there are those who worry ③, ④ due to dawn, said:. "? Days accumulated gas ears, if the death of the death of flexion breathing gas ⑤ ⑥, day in day in behavior ⑦, nonetheless worry about falling almost collapse" The man said: "Sky Fruit product gas ⑧, moon and stars, improper fall yeah ⑨?" Convincing Zheyue: "Sun and Moon and the stars, there is also the product gas in those glorious, only the fall ⑩, nor have maligned (11)." The man said: "Chennai to bad Ho (12)?" Xiao Zheyue: ", the plot block the ear (13), stuffed four virtual (14), nowhere if no block hesitate even break dance step (15), on the ground all day behavior, nonetheless worry about their bad.?" The man then rounded rejoicing (16), and then convincing Zheyi homes rejoicing. Long Lu child smell and laugh, saying: "The Rainbow also, clouds also, wind and rain also, four o'clock, the product gas into the peaceful days were also; mountains also, Hohai also, epigraphy also fire wood also, this plot shape into the peaceful land also. known product gas also, also known plot block, Xi said that (how can) not bad? husband earth, air, one fine thing, those who have the most huge, difficult final difficult poor, of course, carry on this ; unpredictable hard knowledge, this is certainly men who worry about their bad, honest to the far (long after the matter);. those who made it is not bad, is also not the (right) had a bad world, it is attributed to bad. In case of its bad when Xi Wei (how can) do not worry holy? " Lie smell and laughed and said:. ". Speak bad world Zheyi absurd, absurd Zheyi made heaven and earth is not bad bad and not bad, Wusuo bad and not know it ...... not bad, Wu He tolerance heart holy?" - "Lie"
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注释
(15) hesitate (chú) Step Zi (cí) dance - refers to people standing and walking. Hesitate, stand. Step-by-step, to go. Zi, step. Dance, riding.
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Idioms
Unfounded idioms> unfounded Qi State in the past, there was a timid and a bit nervous, he often thought of some strange problems, and people feel bewildered. One day, after his dinner, took a large palm-leaf fan, sitting in front of the drive volume, and said to himself, said:? "If one day, the sky is falling down, then how do we not run away, but will be crushed alive, which is not too unfair to you? "From then on, he almost every day for this problem to worry about, worry, and friends to see him all day in a trance, his face haggard, very worried for him However, when we know the reason, they all came to persuade him to say:!?? "Brother ah why should you bother to do this thing how the sky will fall down if it really fall down in say, it was not you A person can be resolved concerns to worry about, ah, want to open a point of it! "But, no matter how people say that he does not believe that is still often a problem for this unnecessary worry. Later, the people according to the above story, implied a "alarmist" idiom, its main significance is that people do not wake up some unrealistic things and sorrow. It "much ado about nothing," meaning roughly the same.
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English Expression
n.: borrow trouble, like the man of Qi who was haunted by the fear that the sky might fall, with unwarranted anxiety
French Expression
n. crainte non fondée, vaines alarmes
Thesaurus
much ado about nothing, Concern for the ancients
Antonym
Talk to mockery, Talk to toy, sour grapes, quench one's thirst by thinking of plums
