Our free resources help you explore Chinese idioms and proverbs. These phrases are full of meaning and widely applicable. Today, we introduce 「鴻毛泰岱」—details below.
Today, we explore the idiom 「鴻毛泰岱」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.
A metaphor for a huge difference in importance. Same as “a feather as Mount Tai”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
hóng máo tài dài
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hung4 mou1/mou4 taai3 doi6
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