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gift; present / CL: , 個|个,
HSK 2
to attend a religious service / (coll.) week / (coll.) Sunday
HSK 5
courtesy; politeness; manners / courteous; polite
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *礼* | 礼* | *礼
gift / rite / ceremony / CL: / propriety / etiquette / courtesy
HSK 5
assembly hall; auditorium / CL:
HSK 6
(Tw) nightlife venue where hostesses wear formal evening gowns
sufferings brought about by Confucian ethics
Saturday
Monday
etiquette / ceremony
HSK 7-9
lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *礼* | 礼* | *礼
surname Li / abbr. for 禮記|礼记, Classic of Rites
Thursday
gift / present
HSK 7-9
ceremonial robe / formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc)
HSK 7-9
liturgical
(idiom) propriety, justice, integrity and a sense of shame (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維|四维)
ritual object; sacrificial vessel
rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray / cf. 禮樂|礼乐
Classic of Rites
to show consideration for (others) / to yield to (another vehicle etc) / courtesy / comity
a land of ceremony and propriety
etiquette / ceremonial rites
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.
Confucian code of ethics
etiquette / system of rites
gift bag; gift package
Sunday
nobody will find fault with extra courtesy (idiom) / courtesy costs nothing
hat that goes with formal dress / top hat
concierge
Sunday
Friday
list of gifts
(Confucianism) rites and music (the means of regulating society)
righteousness / justice
protocol / official etiquette
courtesy / deferential treatment / polite reception
etiquette / custom
fireworks
chapel / church (Protestant)
to praise / well done, bravo!
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.
monetary gift
respect for the wise
Wednesday
Liquan County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
etiquette
gift voucher / gift coupon
etiquette / (old) gradation of etiquette with social status
Tuesday
Classic of Rites (same as 禮記|礼记)
gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute) / salvo
Salyut (salute), Russian spacecraft series
Li County or Lixian, a county in Longnan City 隴南市|陇南市, Gansu
concierge department of a hotel or resort
slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China)
Director of Board of Rites (Confucian)
Liquan County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi


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