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gift; present / CL: , 個|个,
HSK 2
wedding ceremony / wedding / CL: 場|场
HSK 4
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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: , 處|处
HSK 6
etiquette / ceremony
HSK 7-9
gift / present
HSK 7-9
to salute / salute
HSK 7-9
baptism (lit. or fig.)
HSK 7-9
refined and courteous / urbane
HSK 7-9
ceremonial robe / formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc)
HSK 7-9
burial / funeral
HSK 7-9
betrothal gift / bride price
to make a pilgrimage (to visit a holy site) / to go on a sightseeing tour
Chongli county in Zhangjiakou 張家口|张家口, Hebei
to show consideration for (others) / to yield to (another vehicle etc) / courtesy / comity
circumcision (male or female)
to salute / to make one's salutations
to praise / well done, bravo!
to accept a gift / to receive presents
birthday present (for an old person)
courtesy / deferential treatment / polite reception
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *礼* | 礼* | *礼
surname Li / abbr. for 禮記|礼记, Classic of Rites
peer competition / to function as rivals / to make claims as an equal
Classic of Rites
gift bag; gift package
to offer sth in tribute (often on a special occasion); to dedicate / an offering; a tribute
fireworks
generous gifts
Western-style man's hat
etiquette
etiquette / (old) gradation of etiquette with social status
to salute / to greet
gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute) / salvo
present; gift
Li county in Longnan 隴南|陇南, Gansu
my meager gift (humble)
lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness
impolite / impropriety / to sexually harass
Confucian code of ethics
Liquan County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
betrothal gift
a land of ceremony and propriety
gift voucher / gift coupon
congratulatory gift
(formal) you may dispense with curtseying
etiquette / system of rites
funeral
to return a greeting / to send a gift in return
sacrificial offerings / worship / religious rite
to offer an apology / to make amends
honorarium / gift as thanks
to act discourteously / forgive me (for my impropriety)
monetary gift
betrothal gift / bride price
to prostrate oneself in worship (idiom) / (fig.) to worship / to bow down to
to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
etiquette / ceremonial rites
rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray / cf. 禮樂|礼乐
lit. peaceful measures before using force (idiom) / fig. diplomacy before violence; jaw-jaw is better than war-war
restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties / (any number of possible translations)
to return a politeness / to present a gift in return
respect for the wise
to stand on ceremony / punctilious
to be well-mannered
protocol / official etiquette
to behave informally as equals / not to stand on ceremony
etiquette / custom
to accept a gift / to acknowledge greetings
Rites and Ceremonies, part of the Confucian Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记
Holy sacrament / Christian rite (esp. Protestant) / also called 聖事|圣事 by Catholics
too polite / overcourteous
betrothal gift / bride-price
to return a courtesy / return gift
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
empty formality
the Book of Songs 書經|书经 and Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记 / a cultured well-read person
the Rites of Zhou (in Confucianism)
Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China)
Sunday
ordination
curtsy
courteous / polite
Classic of Rites (same as 禮記|礼记)
opening ceremony
launching ceremony
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)
not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical) / to respond in kind
to worship; to pray (esp. in a regular religious gathering at a church or mosque)
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.
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.
humble expression for generous gift
vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
confirmation (Christian ceremony)
confirmation (Christian ceremony)

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