替古人担忧 (替古人擔憂)
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Pinyin
Definition
替古人担忧 (替古人擔憂)
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- 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
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一失足成千古恨
- 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一鸣惊人
- 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行,必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone