鸿毛泰山 hóng máo tài shān

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom)
  2. fig. of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another

CHARACTERS

鸿 hóng species of wild swan; vast
毛 máo hair, fur, feathers; coarse
泰 tài great, exalted, superior; big
山 shān mountain, hill, peak