a little gift for comfort is better than nothing
Consolation is better than nothing. Chinese idiom, Pinyin is w è IQ í ngsh è NGW ú, which means words as self consolation. It comes from the poem he Liu Chaisang by Tao Qian of Jin Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Tao Qian's poem with Liu Chaisang in Jin Dynasty: "although a weak woman is not a man, it is better to comfort her than to chat with her."
a little gift for comfort is better than nothing
one does not like playing while in his youth - ruò bù hǎo nòng
national economy and people 's livelihood - guó jì mín shēng