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Here is the Chinese idiom 「輕如鴻毛」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

Hongmao: the feather of a wild goose. Lighter than goose feathers. The metaphor is worthless.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qīng rú hóng máo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

heng1 yu4 hung4 mou1/mou4

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