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  *禮* | 禮* | *禮
gift / rite / ceremony / CL: / propriety / etiquette / courtesy
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apparatus / rites / appearance / present / ceremony
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surname Li / abbr. for 禮記|礼记, Classic of Rites
the Rites of Zhou (in Confucianism)
etiquette / ceremonial rites
Taoist or Buddhist rite / abbr. for 菩提道場|菩提道场
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)
Classic of Rites
the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, Book of History 尚書|尚书, Rites of Zhou 周禮|周礼, Rites and Ceremonies 儀禮|仪礼, Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, Book of Changes 易經|易经, Mr Zuo's Annals 左傳|左传, Mr Gongyang's Annals 公羊傳|公羊传, Mr Guliang's Annals 穀梁傳|谷梁传, The Analects 論語|论语, Erya 爾雅|尔雅, Classic of Filial Piety 孝經|孝经, Mencius 孟子
Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China)
the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼 (禮儀|礼仪), music 樂|乐 (音樂|音乐), archery (射箭), charioteering (駕車|驾车), calligraphy or literacy 書|书 (識字|识字), mathematics or reckoning 數|数 (計算|计算) / another name for the Six Classics 六經|六经
the Five Classics of Confucianism, namely: the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, the Book of History 書經|书经, the Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记, the Book of Changes 易經|易经, and the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
Rites and Ceremonies, part of the Confucian Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记
Director of Board of Rites (Confucian)
etiquette / system of rites
Six Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經|诗经, Book of History 尚書|尚书, Book of Rites 儀禮|仪礼, the lost Book of Music 樂經|乐经, Book of Changes 易經|易经, Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋
to pay careful attention to one's parents' funerary rites
rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray / cf. 禮樂|礼乐
Classic of Rites (same as 禮記|礼记)
(Confucianism) rites and music (the means of regulating society)
restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties / (any number of possible translations)
seeing off the kitchen god 灶神 (traditional rite)
sacrificial offerings / worship / religious rite
to perform the sacrificial rites at a funeral
to bury / funeral rites
to learn is to know one's ignorance (the Book of Rites 禮記|礼记)
to worship / to observe religious rites / to pay one's respects (to one's ancestors etc)
Holy sacrament / Christian rite (esp. Protestant) / also called 聖事|圣事 by Catholics
Holy sacrament / Christian rite (esp. Catholic) / also called 聖禮|圣礼 by Protestants


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