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鸿毛泰山

hóng máo Tài Shān

4-character word Traditional 鴻毛泰山

What 鸿毛泰山 means

1. lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom)
2. fig. of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another

The characters in 鸿毛泰山

• 鸿hóngeastern bean goose; great; large
• 毛máohair; feather; down
• 泰tàisafe; peaceful; most
• 山shānmountain; hill; (colloquial) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on

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