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gift; present / CL: , 個|个,
HSK 2
wedding ceremony / wedding / CL: 場|场
HSK 4
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  *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
ceremony; celebration
HSK 5
to give a present
HSK 6
assembly hall; auditorium / CL:
HSK 6
to salute / salute
HSK 7-9
gift / present
HSK 7-9
etiquette / ceremony
HSK 7-9
ceremonial robe / formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc)
HSK 7-9
burial / funeral
HSK 7-9
baptism (lit. or fig.)
HSK 7-9
refined and courteous / urbane
HSK 7-9
courtesy / deferential treatment / polite reception
funeral
hat that goes with formal dress / top hat
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  *禮* | 禮* | *禮
surname Li / abbr. for 禮記|礼记, Classic of Rites
the Rites of Zhou (in Confucianism)
gift voucher / gift coupon
graduation ceremony; commencement exercises
Robert Morrison (1782-1834), Presbyterian minister, translator, and the London Missionary Society's first missionary to China
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
monetary gift
etiquette / ceremonial rites
to salute / to make one's salutations
to make a pilgrimage (to visit a holy site) / to go on a sightseeing tour
present; gift
Monday
rude / rudely
the classics a Confucian scholar must read (such as The Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 and The Book of Rites 禮記|礼记)
impolite / impropriety / to sexually harass
Classic 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.
to show consideration for (others) / to yield to (another vehicle etc) / courtesy / comity
to return a greeting / to send a gift in return
chapel / church (Protestant)
Saturday
to act discourteously / forgive me (for my impropriety)
to praise / well done, bravo!
to offer sth in tribute (often on a special occasion); to dedicate / an offering; a tribute
too polite / overcourteous
Friday
Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China)
etiquette / custom
betrothal gift / bride price
congratulatory gift
to offer an apology / to make amends
etiquette / (old) gradation of etiquette with social status
evening dress
gift given to sb when meeting them for the first time
etiquette
to attend a ritual
generous gifts
ritual object; sacrificial vessel
Sunday
lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness
Sunday
(Confucianism) rites and music (the means of regulating society)
Rites and Ceremonies, part of the Confucian Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记
gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute) / salvo
(formal) you may dispense with curtseying
peer competition / to function as rivals / to make claims as an equal
Director of Board of Rites (Confucian)
to return a politeness / to present a gift in return
honorarium / gift as thanks
Thursday
birthday present (for an old person)
etiquette / system of rites
to prostrate oneself in worship (idiom) / (fig.) to worship / to bow down to
righteousness / justice
respect for the wise
a land of ceremony and propriety
to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
my meager gift (humble)
betrothal gift
(religion) to sacrifice / sacrifice / animal offered as sacrifice
Liquan County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
to accept a gift / to acknowledge greetings
rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray / cf. 禮樂|礼乐
sense of propriety, justice, integrity and honor (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維|四维)
lit. peaceful measures before using force (idiom) / fig. diplomacy before violence; jaw-jaw is better than war-war
not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical) / to respond in kind
nobody will find fault with extra courtesy (idiom) / courtesy costs nothing
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.
to worship; to pray (esp. in a regular religious gathering at a church or mosque)
Li county in Longnan 隴南|陇南, Gansu
Classic of Rites (same as 禮記|礼记)
restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties / (any number of possible translations)
Tuesday
to stand on ceremony / punctilious
Wednesday
respectfully yours (at the end of a letter)
to salute / to greet
Liquan County in Xianyang 咸陽|咸阳, Shaanxi
to overstep etiquette / not to observe priorities
to behave informally as equals / not to stand on ceremony
fireworks

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