| 千里寄鹅毛 |
qiān lǐ jì é máo |
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鹅毛 |
| 千 |
qiān |
thousand |
| 千 |
qiān |
used in 秋千 |
| 千里 |
qiān lǐ |
a thousand miles / a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers) / a long distance |
| 里 |
lǐ |
variant of 里 |
| 里 |
lǐ |
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 里 |
| 里 |
Lǐ |
Li (surname) |
| 里 |
lǐ |
li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 镇 and neighborhood 邻 levels |
| 寄 |
jì |
to entrust; to place in sb's care / (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily / (bound form) foster (as in 寄女 foster daughter) / to send by post; to mail |
| 鹅 |
é |
variant of 鹅 |
| 鹅 |
é |
goose / CL:只 |
| 鹅 |
é |
variant of 鹅 |
| 鹅毛 |
é máo |
goose feather |
| 毛 |
Máo |
surname Mao |
| 毛 |
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 , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分) |