礼轻情意重 (禮輕情意重)
lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
Pinyin

Definition

礼轻情意重 (禮輕情意重)
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lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
  1. 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.

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

事情
shì qing
  1. 1 affair
  2. 2 matter
  3. 3 thing
  4. 4 business
  5. 5 classifier: 件 jiàn
  6. 6 classifier: 桩 zhuāng
心情
xīn qíng
  1. 1 mood
  2. 2 frame of mind
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
情
qíng
  1. 1 feeling
  2. 2 emotion
  3. 3 passion
  4. 4 situation
情况
qíng kuàng
  1. 1 circumstances
  2. 2 state of affairs
  3. 3 situation
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 种 zhǒng
情绪
qíng xù
  1. 1 mood
  2. 2 state of mind
  3. 3 moodiness
  4. 4 classifier: 种 zhǒng

Idioms (20)

一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
  1. 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 one's own way
  4. 4 dogmatic
一掬同情之泪
yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi
  1. 1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
一见钟情
yī jiàn zhōng qíng
  1. 1 love at first sight (idiom)
一言为重
yī yán wéi zhòng
  1. 1 each word carries weight
  2. 2 a promise must be kept (idiom)
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
  1. 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
  2. 2 half-hearted
  3. 3 shilly-shallying

Sample Sentences

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