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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *禮* | 禮* | *禮
gift / rite / ceremony / CL: / propriety / etiquette / courtesy
HSK 5
wedding ceremony / wedding / CL: 場|场
HSK 4
ceremony; celebration
HSK 5
to give a present
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *禮* | 禮* | *禮
surname Li / abbr. for 禮記|礼记, Classic of Rites
to salute / salute
HSK 7-9
confirmation (Christian ceremony)
baptism (lit. or fig.)
HSK 7-9
refined and courteous / urbane
HSK 7-9
burial / funeral
HSK 7-9
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)
circumcision (male or female)
empty formality
respectfully yours (at the end of a letter)
generous gifts
funeral
rude / rudely
betrothal gift
betrothal gift / bride price
state gift; official gift exchanged between heads of state or governments
inauguration
too polite / overcourteous
to salute / to make one's salutations
opening ceremony
humble expression for generous gift
confirmation (Christian ceremony)
to stand on ceremony / punctilious
sacrificial offerings / worship / religious rite
honorarium / gift as thanks
to return a politeness / to present a gift in return
to accept a gift / to acknowledge greetings
birthday present (for an old person)
ordination
to act discourteously / forgive me (for my impropriety)
to behave informally as equals / not to stand on ceremony
to make a pilgrimage (to visit a holy site) / to go on a sightseeing tour
graduation ceremony; commencement exercises
launching ceremony
vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
coming of age ceremony
present; gift
impolite / impropriety / to sexually harass
Rites and Ceremonies, part of the Confucian Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记
to salute / to greet
my meager gift (humble)
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
to overstep etiquette / not to observe priorities
the Rites of Zhou (in Confucianism)
(formal) you may dispense with curtseying
to accept a gift / to receive presents
(religion) to sacrifice / sacrifice / animal offered as sacrifice
ground breaking ceremony
restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties / (any number of possible translations)
(idiom) arrogant; disrespectful
to offer an apology / to make amends
peer competition / to function as rivals / to make claims as an equal
female genital mutilation
to return a greeting / to send a gift in return
military salute
to offer sth in tribute (often on a special occasion); to dedicate / an offering; a tribute
curtsy
gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time
congratulatory gift
betrothal gift / bride price
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)
betrothal gift / bride-price
to return a courtesy / return gift
confirmation
to be well-mannered
Holy sacrament / Christian rite (esp. Protestant) / also called 聖事|圣事 by Catholics
to attend a ritual
variant of 居里


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