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A phono-semantic compound, 毛 provides the meaning of hair while 高 gives the sound. It originally referred to the fine, soft hair of animals, especially the long, pointed hairs used for writing brushes. From this association with delicate strands, the meaning extended to denote any extremely small quantity or fraction. This use eventually established it as a standard unit for minute measurements, comparable to prefixes like "milli-" in words such as millimeter or milligram.
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毫不费力。
我丝毫不感到惊讶。
这笔的笔尖很细，只有一毫米。
他对这个提议毫无兴趣。
我毫不犹豫地答应了她的请求。
两国在边界问题上寸土不让，毫不妥协。
即使在最微小的细节上，他也观察得毫厘不差。
形势已经发生了根本性的转变，与昨天相比毫无相似之处。