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千里送鵝毛，物輕情意重 (cin1 lei5 sung3 ngo4 mou4, mat6 hing1 cing4 ji3 zung6) — the meaning is more important than the value of the present in Cantonese

cinˉ¹千leiˏ₅里sung˗₃送ngoˎ₄鵝mou4,毛，matˍ₆物hingˉ¹輕cingˎ₄情ji˗₃意zungˍ₆重
简 千里送鹅毛，物轻情意重
Mandarin Pinyin: qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2 ， wu4 qing1 qing2 yi4 zhong4

Meaning of 千里送鵝毛，物輕情意重

nounthe meaning is more important than the value of the present
nounEven though the gift itself costs little, but the meaning of it is what really matters

Characters in 千里送鵝毛，物輕情意重

千cin1
card cheat; swindler [v] cheat at cards; swindle
里lei5
li, a unit of length equivalent to 500 m
送sung3
lose; waste
鵝ngo4
goose; gander
毛mou4
gross; untouched; unpolished
物mat6
thing; substance; creature; being; matter
輕hing1
gently; softly; carefully
情cing4
nature; reason
意ji3
expect; anticipate; foresee
重cung5
furthermore: even; still; also | [variant] 仲, [國] 還

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