hồng mao

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Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 鴻毛.

Pronunciation

Noun

hồng mao

  1. (literal, archaic, poetic, collective) bean goose feathers
    nhẹ tựa hồng mao
    as light as a bean goose's feather
  2. (mythology) one of the nine groups of hair of the mane of the horse that Sơn Tinh offered the reigning Hùng king to propose to his princess
    voi chín ngà, gà chín cựa, ngựa chín hồng mao
    an elephant with nine tusks, a rooster with nine spurs, a horse with nine groups of mane hair

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