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."
Chinese PinYin : wèi qíng shèng wú
a little gift for comfort is better than nothing
render outstanding service and be famous. bài jiàng fēng hóu
treat people with generosity and understanding. qíng shù lǐ qiǎn
too many things for the eye to see. mù bù xiá jiē