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礼轻情意重

禮輕情意重

lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng

lai5 hing1 ching4 yi3 jung6

a small gift with sentimental meaning

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goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom) / a small gift with sentimental meaning / It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it. /

Adso: a small gift with sentimental meaning

Cantofish: samemdbg

MDBG: 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.

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It's the thought that counts.

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礼轻情意重

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