itself is only a trifle , but conveys deep affection
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qi ā NL ǐ é m á o, which means that although the gift is meager, it contains deep friendship. It comes from "Mei Shengyu sends gingko".
Analysis of Idioms
A thousand miles to send goose feather, a thousand miles to send goose feather
The origin of Idioms
Song Ouyang Xiu's poem "Mei Shengyu sends Ginkgo biloba" says: "the goose feather is given thousands of miles, and the person is the most important."
Idiom usage
Used as an object or attribute; used as a gift, etc. example a thousand li goose feather means a lot, and the miasmal clothes are fishy and greasy, so they come back to the north. A poem by Huang Tingjian of Song Dynasty
itself is only a trifle , but conveys deep affection
come and go without leaving a trace - lái qù wú zōng
Give a gift an inch, give a gift a foot - ràng lǐ yī cùn ,dé lǐ yī chǐ
See the beginning and know the end - jiàn shǐ zhī zhōng