杞人忧天 (Qǐ rén yōu tiān)

lit. like the man of 杞[Qi3] who feared the sky would fall (idiom); fig

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别杞人忧天了,事情没那么糟糕。

Don't worry needlessly; things aren't that bad.

Bié qǐrényōutiān le, shìqíng méi nàme zāogāo.