千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重

Traditional form:

千里送鵝毛，禮輕情意重

Pinyin (reading):

qiānlǐsòng'émáo,lǐqīngqíngyìzhòng

Definitions:

• 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.

Characters:

• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 送 - to see off, to send off, to dispatch; to give
• 鹅 - goose
• 毛 - hair, fur, feathers; coarse
• 礼 - courtesy, manners, social customs
• 轻 - light, gentle; simple, easy
• 情 - emotion, feeling, sentiment
• 意 - thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention
• 重 - heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat

Traditional characters:

• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
• 送 - to see off, to send off, to dispatch; to give
• 鵝 - goose
• 毛 - hair, fur, feathers; coarse
• 禮 - courtesy, manners, social customs
• 輕 - light, gentle; simple, easy
• 情 - emotion, feeling, sentiment
• 意 - thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention
• 重 - heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat