"Feather" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 máo hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold / coarse or semifinished / young / raw / careless / unthinking / nervous / scared / (of currency) to devalue or depreciate / classifier for Chinese fractional monetary unit ( = 角[jiao3] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fen1])
 yǔ máo feather / plumage / plume
 líng máo feather / plume / plumage / CL:根[gen1]
 yǔ feather / 5th note in pentatonic scale
 qīng piāo piāo light as a feather
 jī máo chicken feather / CL:根[gen1] / trivial
 yǔ huà levitation (of Daoist immortal) / to become as light as a feather and ascend to heaven / (in Daoism) to become immortal / to die / of winged insects, to emerge from the cocoon in adult form / eclosion
 é máo goose feather
 chòu wèi xiāng tóu to share vile habits / partners in notoriety / birds of a feather
 yíng sī to gain from corrupt dealing / to engage in graft / to feather one's nest
 yì feather screen / to screen / to shade / cataract
 dào big banner / feather banner or fan
 xiāng see 青葙, feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea)
 é máo dà xuě goose feather snow (idiom) / big heavy snow fall
 qiān lǐ jì é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
 qiān lǐ sòng é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
 qiān lǐ é máo goose feather sent from afar (idiom) / a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛[qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2]
 wēi fèng yī yǔ lit. one phoenix feather / fig. a glimpse that reveals the whole
鸿 Tài shān hóng máo as weighty as Mt Tai, as light as a feather (refers to death)
 wù yǐ lèi jù similar things come together (idiom) / like draws like / Birds of a feather flock together.
鸿 qīng yú hóng máo light as a goose feather (idiom) / trifling / unimportant
鸿 hóng máo Tài Shān lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
鸿 hóng máo tài dài light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom) / of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another
翿 dào feather banner or fan
 qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom) / It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
 qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom) / It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
 ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom) / to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
 wù yǐ lèi jù , rén yǐ qún fēn Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom) / Birds of a feather flock together.
 yì variant of 翳, feather screen / to screen / to shade / cataract
 lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng , qiān lǐ sòng é máo goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom) / It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
 lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom) / It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
 qīng xiāng feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea)
 qīng xiāng zi feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea)
 yǔ zhuàng bian feather edge
 yī lù huò sè (pejorative) as detestable as each other / birds of a feather / cut from the same cloth
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