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  *禮* | 禮* | *禮
gift / rite / ceremony / CL: / propriety / etiquette / courtesy
HSK 5
gift; present / CL: ,
HSK 2
talent / gift / genius / talented / gifted
HSK 5
money wrapped in red as a gift / bonus payment / kickback / bribe
HSK 4
to present as a gift
HSK 5
list of gifts
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  *份* | 份* | *份
classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc / variant of
HSK 2
natural gift / talent
HSK 7-9
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.
to contribute (as a gift) / to donate / benefaction
HSK 6
gift / innate skill
HSK 7-9
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  *賜* | 賜* | *賜
(bound form) to confer; to bestow; to grant / (literary) gift; favor / Taiwan pr. [si4]
HSK 7-9
one's share of expenses (e.g. when buying a gift collectively) / cash gift
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.
mouth like a torrent (idiom) / eloquent / glib / voluble / have the gift of the gab
small token / mere trifle (used of one's gifts)
to do a little something as a token of one's appreciation / to express one's gratitude or esteem by treating sb to a meal or presenting a gift
Enjo-kōsai or "compensated dating", a practice which originated in Japan where older men give money or luxury gifts to women for their companionship and sexual favors
silk banner (as an award or gift)
HSK 7-9
(Tw) 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)
money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve
to club together (to offer a gift) / to hold a whip-round
to make offerings (to gods or ancestors) / to offer gifts to superiors in order to win their favor
clever and eloquent (idiom); fluent / having the gift of the gab
He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom). / Be careful not to trust foreigners. / Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!
generous gifts
innate talent / gift / flair / native resource / dowry
spring rain / gift from above
wretched / poverty-stricken / unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc)
gift voucher / gift coupon
betrothal gift
return (a borrowed object) with thanks / decline (a gift) with thanks
betrothal gift / bride price
to have a silver tongue / to have the gift of the gab
eloquent and fluent speaker (idiom); grandiloquence / the gift of the gab
state gift; official gift exchanged between heads of state or governments
(myth.) peaches of immortality, kept by Xi Wangmu / fresh or confectionery peaches offered as a birthday gift
(HK, Singapore) money gift at a funeral
inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc / to write such an inscription
lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom) / fig. to turn hostility into friendship
can talk really well (idiom); the gift of the gab
gift / present
HSK 7-9
ability / talent / gift
natural endowment; gift; talent
Chinese pearleaf crabapple (Malus asiatica) / gift for a wedding or other happy occasion / bonus (extra pay, typically given at year-end)
Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)
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  *贄* | 贄* | *贄
gifts to superiors
to thank with a gift
humble expression for generous gift
to give sb (a gift) in return
gift / complimentary item / freebie / giveaway
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  *齎* | 齎* | *齎
(literary) to harbor (a feeling) / (literary) to present as a gift
red-painted eggs, traditional celebratory gift on third day after birth of new baby
promise of brilliant young person (idiom); showing extraordinary gifts
(Tw) 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) (loanword from Japanese "omiyage")
honorarium / gift as thanks
to return a politeness / to present a gift in return
to accept a gift / to acknowledge greetings
to send the betrothal gifts / (fig.) to conclude a marriage
to lift sth up / to elevate sb / to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc) / to show great regard / to speak highly / Taiwan pr. [tai2 ju3]
a gift of money given by parents on both sides after a wedding, to their new daughter-in-law or son-in-law
to present (a gift) / offering / to feed (a signal to a device, paper to a printer etc)
to give peonies / fig. exchange of gifts between lovers
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  *饋* | 饋* | *饋
(bound form) to present (a gift) / (bound form) to send; to transmit
present; gift
my meager gift (humble)
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  *貢* | 貢* | *貢
to offer tribute / tribute / gifts
burial goods / burial gifts
hired (for employment) / invited (e.g. to lecture) / engaged (for a task) / (in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family
platinum / silver / white gold / (Singapore) money gift at a funeral
to accept a gift / to receive presents
a departing gift / a souvenir on leaving / a poem to mark one's departure
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  *賫* | 賫* | *賫
to present (a gift) / to harbor (a feeling)
to show appreciation (by kind words, small gifts etc) / to comfort
HSK 7-9
to pool resources (for a gift, project etc)
monetary gift
toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor / to exchange gifts / Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
to present (a gift) to (sb)
(neologism, attested by 2020) an ordinary guy who imagines he is God's gift to womankind
to return a greeting / to send a gift in return
gift bag; gift package
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  *賵* | 賵* | *賵
(literary) gift (of money etc) to a bereaved family / to contribute to funeral expenses
(jocular) wedding invitation (lit. "red bomb", because wedding invitations use red paper, and invitees are expected to give a substantial sum of money as a wedding gift)
cattail bag / (old) gift of fruit or pastries (traditionally presented in a cattail bag)
to reward generously / generous gift
a gift of money to the family of the deceased
gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time
congratulatory gift
betrothal gift / bride price
betrothal gift / bride-price
to return a courtesy / return gift
gift money (on the occasion of a wedding etc)
money gift at a funeral
goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling gift with a weighty thought behind it / also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
honorarium / gift as thanks
lit. to pluck orchids and gift peonies (idiom) / fig. (of lovers) to exchange presents
decline (a gift) with thanks
to thank with a gift
tongues (spiritual gift)


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