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鸿毛泰岱

hóng máo tài dàidictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom) / of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

鴻毛泰岱 鸿毛泰岱 [hong2 mao2 tai4 dai4] /light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another/

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Other forms in these source records: 鴻毛泰岱

  • 鸿
    hóng

    eastern bean goose / great / large

  • 毛
    máo

    hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiǎo] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fēn])

    Máo

    surname Mao

  • 泰
    tài

    safe / peaceful / most / grand

    Tài

    Mt Tai 泰山[Tài Shān] in Shandong / abbr. for Thailand

  • 岱
    Dài

    Mt Tai in Shandong / same as 泰山

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.