千里送鹅毛

Traditional form:

千里送鵝毛

Pinyin (reading):

qiānlǐsòng'émáo

Definitions:

• goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty 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

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