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Let’s dive into the idiom 「羽毛未豐」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

Feng: plump. It means that the bird has not grown up yet and its fur is still sparse. A metaphor for being young, inexperienced, immature or not strong enough.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yǔ máo wèi fēng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yu5 mou4 mei6 fung1

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