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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 杞人忧天
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 杞人忧天 | qǐ rén - yōu tiān | - lit. like the man of 杞[Qi3] who feared the sky would fall (idiom) - fig. to entertain groundless fears |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 22,468 | 43,861 | 32,187 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 杞 | qǐ | - Qi, a Zhou Dynasty vassal state - surname Qi |
| 杞 | qǐ | - Chinese wolfberry shrub (Lycium chinense) - willow |
| 人 | rén | - person; people - CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] |
| 忧 | yōu | - to worry - to concern oneself with - worried - anxiety - sorrow - (literary) to observe mourning |
| 天 | tiān | - day - sky - heaven |
Other Words Containing 杞人忧天
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 杞人忧天 | - | - | 22,468 | 43,861 | 32,187 |