千里送鵝毛，禮輕情意重

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.

thousand

see 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

a thousand miles / a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) / a long distance

variant of 裡|里[li3]

lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[li3]

li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels

to deliver / to carry / to give (as a present) / to present (with) / to see off / to send

goose / CL:隻|只[zhi1]

goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it

goose feather

surname Mao

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])

surname Li / abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites

gift / rite / ceremony / CL:份[fen4] / propriety / etiquette / courtesy

light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage

feeling / emotion / passion / situation

friendly regard / affection

friendly regard; affection

Italy / Italian / abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4]

idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate

Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])

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.

to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer

heavy / serious / to attach importance to