to entertain imaginary or groundless fears

to entertain imaginary or groundless fears

Qi Guoyou, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q ǐ Gu ó y ō UTI ā n, which refers to unnecessary or unfounded worries and worries. It's the same as "worrying about the sky". From Tian Zixing.

The origin of Idioms

He Jingming's tianzixing in Ming Dynasty said, "if you are sincere, you will not return to bairizhao. Qi Guoyou is worried about heaven and works hard alone."

Idiom story

In the Qi Kingdom, there are people who worry about the collapse of heaven and earth, the death of their bodies, and the abandonment of sleep and food; and there are those who worry about the other, because they have known before, they say, "heaven, accumulate Qi and ears, and die in the place of death.". If you bend and stretch your breath and stop in the sky all day long, how can you worry about falling? "The man said," if the sky accumulates Qi, the sun, the moon and the stars should not fall? "The one who knew said," the sun, the moon and the stars are shining in the accumulation of Qi. They can only fall, but they can't be slandered. He said, "what's wrong with naidi? The one who came to the dawn said, "the ears of the earth are filled with four emptiness, and the dead place is the dead block. If you walk on the ground all day long, why worry about its bad? He is very happy, and so is he who knows. There is a man in Qi who worries that the sky will fall and the earth will sink, and his body has nowhere to hide, so he can't sleep and eat. Another one worried about the man who was afraid of collapse, so he went to explain to him and said, "heaven is the accumulation of Qi, and there is no Qi anywhere. It's like you bend up, breathe in and live in the sky all day. Why worry about it collapsing? " The man said, "if the sky is really the accumulation of Qi, won't the sun, moon and stars fall down?" The person who explained to him said, "the sun, the moon and the stars are also shining objects in the accumulated Qi. Even if they fall, they will not hurt anything." The man said, "what if the ground sinks down?" The interpreter said: "the earth is the accumulation of clods, full of square space, where there are no clods. It's like you stop walking and trampling and live on the ground all day. Why worry about it falling apart? " The man was relieved and very happy, and so was the man who was worried about him. According to the above story, later people extended it into the idiom "nobody worries about heaven". Its main meaning is to awaken people not to worry about some unrealistic things. It is also referred to as "worrying about heaven".

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: worry about the sky, worry about the future

Idiom usage

It's a groundless worry