禮 lǐ

social custom; manners; courtesy; rites

DEFINITIONS

  • social custom
  • manners
  • courtesy
  • rites
  • surname Li
  • abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites
  • gift
  • rite
  • ceremony
  • CL:份[fen4]
  • propriety
  • etiquette
  • courtesy

WORDS

下水禮 xià shuǐ lǐ launching ceremony
以禮相待 yǐ lǐ xiāng dài to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
伴手禮 bàn shǒu lǐ gift given when visiting sb (esp. a local specialty brought back from one's travels, or a special product of one's own country taken overseas) (Tw)
來而不往非禮也 lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yě not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical); to respond in kind
做禮拜 zuò lǐ bài to go to church on Sunday (of Christians)
儀禮 yí lǐ Rites and Ceremonies, part of the Confucian Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4]
先兵後禮 xiān bīng hòu lǐ opposite of 先禮後兵|先礼后兵[xian1 li3 hou4 bing1]
先禮後兵 xiān lǐ hòu bīng peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence; jaw-jaw is better than war-war
克己復禮 kè jǐ fù lǐ restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties; (any number of possible translations)
免禮 miǎn lǐ (formal) you may dispense with curtseying
典禮 diǎn lǐ celebration; ceremony
分庭抗禮 fēn tíng kàng lǐ peer competition; to function as rivals; to make claims as an equal
割禮 gē lǐ circumcision
千里送鵝毛，禮輕人意重 qiān lǐ sòng é máo ， lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng 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.
千里送鵝毛，禮輕情意重 qiān lǐ sòng é máo ， lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
卑辭厚禮 bēi cí hòu lǐ humble expression for generous gift
博文約禮 bó wén yuē lǐ vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
厚禮 hòu lǐ generous gifts
受禮 shòu lǐ to accept a gift; to acknowledge greetings
周禮 zhōu lǐ the Rites of Zhou (in Confucianism)
喪禮 sāng lǐ funeral
回禮 huí lǐ to return a greeting; to send a gift in return
堅信禮 jiān xìn lǐ confirmation (Christian ceremony)
堅振禮 jiān zhèn lǐ confirmation (Christian ceremony)
壽禮 shòu lǐ birthday present (for an old person)
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