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鴻毛泰山

简鸿毛泰山 · 繁鴻毛泰山

Mandarin · pinyin hóng máo Tài Shān

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

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毛: máo · hair, fur, feathers; coarse
泰: tài · great, exalted, superior; big; hexagram ䷊
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak
鸿: hóng · species of wild swan; vast

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2–2–4–1 · hong2 mao2 Tai4 Shan1

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hung4 mou4 taai3 saan1

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