鸿毛泰山
hóng​máo​tài​shān

as light as a feather or as heavy as a mountain

  • created sense approved 鸿毛泰山/鴻毛泰山 · hóng​máo​tài​shān · as light as a feather or as heavy as a mountain — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    鸿毛泰山 / 鴻毛泰山

    hóng​máo​tài​shān

    as light as a feather or as heavy as a mountain

    Describes a stark contrast in importance or value, especially regarding the weight of a person's life or death; literally light as a goose feather, heavy as Mount Tai

    鸿毛 (literal) → 鸿毛/鴻毛 · hóng​máo · goose feather 泰山 (literal) → 泰山 · tài​shān · Mount Tai

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense