lighter than a goose feather

lighter than a goose feather

Lighter than Hongmao is a Chinese word pronounced Q ī ngy ú h ó NGM á o, which means lighter than the hair of wild geese. Metaphor is worthless. It's not worth it. From the book of Ren Shaoqing.

Analysis of Idioms

Be indifferent to

Antonym is more important than Mount Tai

The origin of Idioms

Sima Qian of the Han Dynasty wrote in the book of reporting to Ren Shaoqing: "a person's inherent death is either heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than Hongmao, so it tends to be different."

Idiom usage

It has a derogatory meaning.

Examples

Meibo's death is lighter than Hongmao's. what's the pity? (the sixth chapter of Feng Shen Yan Yi by Xu Zhonglin in Ming Dynasty)

Idiom story

In the Western Han Dynasty, in order to realize his father's will, Sima Qian was ordered to continue to compile historical records, and was tortured because of the Li Ling incident. He endured the pain and finally completed the historical masterpiece historical records in 91 BC. In his letter to his friends, he talked about the understanding of death: "death is inherent in human beings, either heavier than Mount Tai or lighter than a feather."