千里寄鹅毛

Traditional form:

千里寄鵝毛

Pinyin (reading):

qiānlǐjì'émáo

Definitions:

• goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
• also written 千里送鵝毛／千里送鹅毛

Characters:

• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 寄 - to mail, to send, to transit; to deposit, to entrust; to rely on
• 鹅 - goose
• 毛 - hair, fur, feathers; coarse

Traditional characters:

• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 寄 - to mail, to send, to transit; to deposit, to entrust; to rely on
• 鵝 - goose
• 毛 - hair, fur, feathers; coarse