禮輕人意重

lai5 hing1 jan4 ji3 zung6

slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.

Written Forms

禮輕人意重Traditional · Main Form
礼轻人意重Alternate Form

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