莫须有 | mò xū yǒu | groundless / baseless | ![]() ![]() |
站不住脚 | zhàn bu zhù jiǎo | ill-founded / groundless | ![]() |
杞人忧天 | Qǐ rén yōu tiān | man of Qǐ / fears the sky falling (idiom) / groundless fears | ![]() ![]() |
捕风捉影 | bǔ fēng zhuō yǐng | lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom) / fig. groundless accusations / to act on hearsay evidence | ![]() ![]() |
蜚语 | fēi yǔ | groundless rumor / unfounded gossip | ![]() |
杞人之忧 | Qǐ rén zhī yōu | lit. the fear held by a man of 杞[Qi3] that the sky would fall (idiom) / fig. groundless fears | ![]() |
杞国忧天 | Qǐ guó yōu tiān | man of Qǐ / fears the sky falling (idiom) / groundless fears | ![]() |
劈空扳害 | pī kōng bān hài | damaged by groundless slander (idiom) | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |