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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
opening ceremony
to give a present
HSK 6
funeral
(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)
to salute / salute
HSK 7-9
refined and courteous / urbane
HSK 7-9
baptism (lit. or fig.)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *礼* | 礼* | *礼
surname Li / abbr. for 禮記|礼记, Classic of Rites
launching ceremony
rude / rudely
circumcision (male or female)
congratulatory gift
the Rites of Zhou (in Confucianism)
peer competition / to function as rivals / to make claims as an equal
restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties / (any number of possible translations)
(idiom) arrogant; disrespectful
burial / funeral
HSK 7-9
confirmation (Christian ceremony)
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)
to return a greeting / to send a gift in return
graduation ceremony; commencement exercises
to accept a gift / to receive presents
honorarium / gift as thanks
curtsy
to stand on ceremony / punctilious
coming of age ceremony
Rites and Ceremonies, part of the Confucian Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记
to return a courtesy / return gift
ordination
my meager gift (humble)
respectfully yours (at the end of a letter)
vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
state gift; official gift exchanged between heads of state or governments
confirmation (Christian ceremony)
to salute / to greet
to overstep etiquette / not to observe priorities
impolite / impropriety / to sexually harass
generous gifts
birthday present (for an old person)
to act discourteously / forgive me (for my impropriety)
confirmation
present; gift
to behave informally as equals / not to stand on ceremony
to be well-mannered
military salute
(formal) you may dispense with curtseying
betrothal gift / bride-price
Holy sacrament / Christian rite (esp. Protestant) / also called 聖事|圣事 by Catholics
to return a politeness / to present a gift in return
to offer sth in tribute (often on a special occasion); to dedicate / an offering; a tribute
humble expression for generous gift
inauguration
to offer an apology / to make amends
empty formality
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
betrothal gift / bride price
sacrificial offerings / worship / religious rite
to accept a gift / to acknowledge greetings
too polite / overcourteous
betrothal gift / bride price
female genital mutilation
(religion) to sacrifice / sacrifice / animal offered as sacrifice
ground breaking ceremony
betrothal gift
to make a pilgrimage (to visit a holy site) / to go on a sightseeing tour
to attend a ritual
gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time
variant of 居里
to salute / to make one's salutations


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