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


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