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


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