Feathers are usually used to describe unimportant things or people. There is a profound cultural connotation and historical origin behind this word. The word feather comes from the observation of the ancients. The ancients thought that the goose's hair was light and had no weight at all, so it was easily blown away by the wind and scattered between heaven and earth.
So a feather has gradually become a symbol of insignificance, used to describe things or people as light as a feather. Red hair is also widely used in literature and art. In ancient poetry, a feather is often used as a metaphor for tiny life or insignificant emotions.
For example, Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem "wildfire never quite consumes them, the spring breeze blows high" in Farewell to Ancient Grass, which described the fragility and insignificance of life with the contrast between grass and feathers.
Finally, feathers are often used to describe unimportant people or things. For example, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei once said, "Heroes in the world only listen to the king", and compared Cao Cao and Liu Bei to a feather of Mount Tai, suggesting that Cao Cao's weight is still insignificant compared with his own.
The benefits of learning idioms
Stimulate curiosity: Idioms are rich in knowledge and culture, simple and interesting, and usually four words can express the complete meaning, which can stimulate children's curiosity and thirst for knowledge and urge them to explore the stories behind idioms.
Exercise imagination: Idioms can generally be quoted from classics. When children learn idioms, they will first understand the stories behind them. In this process, they will give full play to their imagination. Improve Chinese performance: After children master idioms skillfully, they can apply them to composition, which is very helpful to improve Chinese performance.