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gift; present / CL: , 個|个,
HSK 2
wedding ceremony / wedding / CL: 場|场
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *礼* | 礼* | *礼
gift / rite / ceremony / CL: / propriety / etiquette / courtesy
HSK 5
ceremony; celebration
HSK 5
courtesy; politeness; manners / courteous; polite
HSK 5
to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday
HSK 5
to give a present
HSK 6
assembly hall; auditorium / CL:
HSK 6
gift / present
HSK 7-9
etiquette / ceremony
HSK 7-9
ceremonial robe / formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc)
HSK 7-9
burial / funeral
HSK 7-9
refined and courteous / urbane
HSK 7-9
baptism (lit. or fig.)
HSK 7-9
to salute / salute
HSK 7-9
to accept a gift / to receive presents
a land of ceremony and propriety
gift voucher / gift coupon
birthday present (for an old person)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *礼* | 礼* | *礼
surname Li / abbr. for 禮記|礼记, Classic of Rites
evening dress
Friday
to salute / to make one's salutations
lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness
ordination
day off (work)
gift bag; gift package
Classic of Rites
to praise / well done, bravo!
to make a pilgrimage (to visit a holy site) / to go on a sightseeing tour
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.
to salute / to greet
impolite / impropriety / to sexually harass
Confucian code of ethics
to offer sth in tribute (often on a special occasion); to dedicate / an offering; a tribute
fireworks
etiquette / system of rites
gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute) / salvo
betrothal gift / bride price
betrothal gift
to return a greeting / to send a gift in return
to attend a ritual
present; gift
courtesy / deferential treatment / polite reception
monetary gift
sacrificial offerings / worship / religious rite
to offer an apology / to make amends
to act discourteously / forgive me (for my impropriety)
Li county in Longnan 隴南|陇南, Gansu
congratulatory gift
protocol / official etiquette
hat that goes with formal dress / top hat
generous gifts
peer competition / to function as rivals / to make claims as an equal
ritual object; sacrificial vessel
to show consideration for (others) / to yield to (another vehicle etc) / courtesy / comity
to prostrate oneself in worship (idiom) / (fig.) to worship / to bow down to
to return a politeness / to present a gift in return
etiquette / ceremonial rites
lit. peaceful measures before using force (idiom) / fig. diplomacy before violence; jaw-jaw is better than war-war
my meager gift (humble)
funeral
(formal) you may dispense with curtseying
rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray / cf. 禮樂|礼乐
to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties / (any number of possible translations)
to be well-mannered
Holy sacrament / Christian rite (esp. Protestant) / also called 聖事|圣事 by Catholics
betrothal gift / bride-price
Salyut (salute), Russian spacecraft series
to return a courtesy / return gift
the classics a Confucian scholar must read (such as The Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 and The Book of Rites 禮記|礼记)
respect for the wise
to accept a gift / to acknowledge greetings
too polite / overcourteous
to behave informally as equals / not to stand on ceremony
the Rites of Zhou (in Confucianism)
betrothal gift / bride price
the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man
circumcision (male or female)
Rites and Ceremonies, part of the Confucian Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记
courteous / polite
Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China)
empty formality
graduation ceremony; commencement exercises
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.
military salute
ground breaking ceremony
rude / rudely
Liquan County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
Saturday
Monday
Sunday
to overstep etiquette / not to observe priorities
to worship; to pray (esp. in a regular religious gathering at a church or mosque)
concierge
Boxing Day, holiday on 26th December (the day after Christmas Day) in some countries
respectfully yours (at the end of a letter)
Director of Board of Rites (Confucian)

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