| 礼轻人意重，千里送鹅毛 |
lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng , qiān lǐ sòng é máo |
goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it. |
| 礼 |
Lǐ |
surname Li / abbr. for 礼记, Classic of Rites |
| 礼 |
lǐ |
gift / rite / ceremony / CL:份 / propriety / etiquette / courtesy |
| 礼轻人意重 |
lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng |
slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it. |
| 轻 |
qīng |
light / easy / gentle / soft / reckless / unimportant / frivolous / small in number / unstressed / neutral / to disparage |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位,名 |
| 人意 |
rén yì |
people's expectations |
| 意 |
yì |
(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense / (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination; state of mind / (bound form) Italy (abbr. for 意大利) |
| 重 |
chóng |
to repeat / repetition / again / re- / classifier: layer |
| 重 |
zhòng |
heavy / serious / to attach importance to |
| 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 |
| 千里送鹅毛 |
qiān lǐ sòng é máo |
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it |
| 里 |
lǐ |
variant of 里 |
| 里 |
lǐ |
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 里 |
| 里 |
Lǐ |
surname Li |
| 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 |
| 送 |
sòng |
to send; to deliver; to transmit / to give (as a present) / to see (sb) off / to accompany; to go along with |
| 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) |