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千里送鹅毛

Traditional: 千里送鵝毛
qiān lǐ sòng é máo
Dictionary entry
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it

What does 千里送鹅毛 mean?

千里送鹅毛 (qiān lǐ sòng é máo) has the following dictionary meaning.

1goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it

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千qiānthousand里lǐvariant of 裡|里[li3]送sòngto send; to deliver; to transmit · to give (as a present)鹅évariant of 鵝|鹅[e2]毛Máosurname Mao

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千里送鹅毛
qiān lǐ sòng é máo
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千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhònggoose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhònggoose 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.
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