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rén yōu tiān
chūn qiū zhàn guó shí guó yǒu
rén huān luàn xiǎng
tiān jìng rán dàn yōu tiān huì
xià lái huì xiàn xià
chù cún shēn zhè rén
yuè xiǎng yuè hài biàn zhěng tiān chóu
便
méi liǎn zuò ān shuì
hǎo jué chī xià fàn
hòu lái yǒu rén jiù kāi dǎo
guó rén tīng hòu
cái fàng xià le xīn
chéng rén yōu tiān xiào xiē
méi yǒu yào huò háo gēn de
yōu
In the Spring and Autumn Period (春秋时期,770-476 BC), in the State of Qi there was a man who always let his imagination run away with him.
One day he even worried that the sky would fall on his head. He was so worried that he could neither eat nor sleep.
Later, someone persuade him that his fears were groundless.
This idioms satirizes those who worry unnecessarily.
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