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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 禮輕人意重,千里送鵝毛 [ㄌㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄥ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ , ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄧˇ ㄙㄨㄥˋ ㄜˊ ㄇㄠˊ; li3 qing1 ren2 yi4 zhong4 , qian1 li3 song4 e2 mao2]
 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.