There are 5 total results for your 鴻毛 search.
Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
鴻毛 鸿毛 see styles |
hóng máo hong2 mao2 hung mao koumou / komo こうもう |
(1) something extremely light; (2) (orig. meaning) feather of a large bird hair of a goose |
鴻毛泰山 鸿毛泰山 see styles |
hóng máo tài shān hong2 mao2 tai4 shan1 hung mao t`ai shan hung mao tai shan |
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 |
鴻毛泰岱 鸿毛泰岱 see styles |
hóng máo tài dài hong2 mao2 tai4 dai4 hung mao t`ai tai hung mao tai tai |
light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another |
泰山鴻毛 泰山鸿毛 see styles |
tài shān hóng máo tai4 shan1 hong2 mao2 t`ai shan hung mao tai shan hung mao |
as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death) |
輕於鴻毛 轻于鸿毛 see styles |
qīng yú hóng máo qing1 yu2 hong2 mao2 ch`ing yü hung mao ching yü hung mao |
light as a goose feather (idiom); trifling; unimportant |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
This page contains 5 results for "鴻毛" in Chinese and/or Japanese.Information about this dictionary:
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Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House
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