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


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