千 里 寄 鹅 毛

qiān lǐ jì é máodictionary entry

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

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Original source entry:

千里寄鵝毛 千里寄鹅毛 [qian1 li3 ji4 e2 mao2] /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/

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Other forms in these source records: 千里寄鵝毛

千
qiān
thousand / used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiū qiān]
里
lǐ
lining / interior / inside / internal / also written 裏|里[lǐ] / li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m / neighborhood / ancient administrative unit of 25 families / (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhèn] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lín] levels
Lǐ
surname Li
寄
jì
to entrust; to place in sb's care / (bound form) to depend on; to attach oneself to; to reside temporarily / (bound form) foster (as in 寄女[ji4 nu : 3] foster daughter) / to send by post; to mail
鹅
é
goose / CL:隻|只[zhī]
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[jiǎo] , = one-tenth of a yuan or 10 fen 分[fēn])
Máo
surname Mao

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