杞
qǐ
Pinyin
Definition
杞
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- Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense)
- willow
杞
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- Qi, a Zhou Dynasty vassal state
- surname Qi
Character Decomposition
Idioms (6)
杞人之忧
- 1 man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears
杞人忧天
- 1 man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears
杞国之忧
- 1 man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears
杞国忧天
- 1 man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears
杞天之虑
- 1 man of Qǐ fears the sky falling (idiom); groundless fears
Sample Sentences
你看咱中国人,走到哪里手里都拎着一个保温杯,里面要不就是泡了茶,要不就是泡了红枣、枸杞、玫瑰花、山楂什么的,最不济也是热开水。
Take a look at the Chinese people, wherever they go they carry a thermos flask, whether it’s hot water infused with tea, red dates, goji berry, roses or hawthorn or the worst just hot water.
你就别杞人忧天了,政府和专家会考虑这些事情的。
Don't get all worked up for nothing. The government and the experts would have considered things like that.
我觉得这种想法实在是太杞人忧天了。这其实只是一个翻译的问题,不要把“龙”翻译成“Dragon”不就好了。在英语里,也有根据音译,把“龙”翻译成“Loong”的,比如中国的武术家李小龙的名字,翻译成英语就是LeeSiuLoong。
I think this kind of fear is groundless. This is really just a translation problem. As long as they don't translate the Chinese term ''long" as ''dragon," isn't that enough? In English, there are also phonetic transliterations. So you could translate ''long" as ''Long," like in the name of the martial arts expert Bruce Lee. His name is often written in English as Lee Siu Long.
我觉得这就是杞人忧天,好好的日子不过,非要弄个耸人听闻的消息来娱乐大众。
I think these fears are completely unfounded. Everything is fine these days, so people have to go around sensationalizing things in order to entertain the masses.
大自然里的生物体都要遵循这个规律。另外,补什么是因人而异的。比如,肠胃不好的人,就不要大鱼大肉了,可以喝些莲子粥、山药粥,鱼片粥等容易消化的食物。肺不好的人呢,可以用百合、枸杞泡茶喝。
All organisms in nature have to abide by this rule. Also, what to supplement differs from person to person. For example, people with stomach problems shouldn't eat a lot of solid foods like meat. They should eat things like lotus porridge, yam porridge, porridge with slices of fish meat; things that are easy to digest. People with lung problems? They should use lily buds and wolfberries when they make tea.
你就别杞人忧天了。天塌下来还有高个子顶着呢,压不到你。