杞人忧天
qǐrén-yōutiānTraditional 杞人憂天
to worry needlessly
Every meaning
qǐrén-yōutiān
- to worry needlessly
Its characters
- 杞qǐwolfberry; goji (as in 枸杞)
- 人rénperson; people
- 忧yōuto worry; anxious
- 天tiānsky
Words with 人
Words with 忧
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.