杞人憂天的意思是什麼

  杞人憂天的意思:

  比喻不必要的或缺乏根據的憂慮和擔心。杞:周代諸侯國名,在今河南杞縣一帶。杞國有個人怕天塌下來。

  英文解釋

  like the man of Qi who was haunted by the fear that the sky might fall -- to entertain imaginary or groundless fears;groundless worry;In the state of Qi there lived a man who, filled with apprehensions of the imminent fall of the sky and the consequent destruction of his hearth and home, was so vexed that he could neither eat nor sleep.;like the man in the state of Qi worrying in case the sky should fall;Meet troubles half-way ;

  【出自】:《列子·天瑞》:“杞國有人,憂天地崩墜,身亡所寄,廢寢食者。”

  【示例】:~,伯慮愁眠。

  ◎清·李汝珍《鏡花緣》第二十七回

  【語法】:主謂式;作謂語、狀語;含貶義

  出處

  杞人憂天。《列子·天瑞》:“ 杞國有人,憂天地崩墜,身亡所寄,廢寢食者。”後用以比喻不必要的憂慮。 清邵長蘅 《守城行紀時事也》詩:“縱令訊息未必真,杞人憂天獨苦辛。” 鄭觀應《<盛世危言>自序》:“當世鉅公曲諒杞人憂天之愚,正其偏弊。”粵劇《關漢卿》。

  成語出處:戰國·列子《列子·天瑞》:“杞國有人憂天地崩墜,身亡所寄,廢寢食者。”

  【解釋】杞:周代諸侯國名,杞國,是中華大地上一個古老的方國,其歷史最早可追溯到夏朝初年。西周末杞為宋滅,杞武公十一年***公元前740年***杞國從雍丘***今河南杞縣***遷都至齊、魯之間的淳于一帶,重建杞國。憂天:擔心天會掉下來。老是怕天塌下來,以至於吃不下飯睡不好覺。比喻不必要或缺乏根據的憂慮和擔心

  【用法】作謂語、定語、狀語。

  【結構】主謂式

  【近義詞】庸人自擾、杞人之憂、伯慮愁眠

  【反義詞】無憂無慮、若無其事

  【押韻詞】齧雪餐氈、心不在焉、衝鋒陷堅、航海梯山、虎體鵷班

  中英例句

  杞人憂天者認為會。

  The worriers say it would.

  忽視它們還是整日杞人憂天?

  Ignore them or worry so much they do nothing?

  美中兩國官員都表示,對中國政府可能拋售美元資產的擔心是杞人憂天,因為再也沒有別的市場具備足夠的容量和流動性來消化中國海量的外匯儲備。

  Us and chinese officials both say fears that beijing may dump us dollar assets are misplaced because there is no other market that is large or liquid enough to absorb china's enormous holdings.