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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

礼券lǐ quàn

gift voucher / gift coupon

礼包lǐ bāo

gift bag / gift package

礼品卡lǐ pǐn kǎ

gift card

礼单lǐ dān

list of gifts

礼器lǐ qì

ritual object / sacrificial vessel

礼坏乐崩lǐ huài yuè bēng

see 禮崩樂壞|礼崩乐坏[lǐ bēng yuè huài]

礼多人不怪lǐ duō rén bù guài

nobody will find fault with extra courtesy (idiom) / courtesy costs nothing

礼尚往来lǐ shàng wǎng lái

lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness

礼崩乐坏lǐ bēng yuè huài

rites and music are in ruins (idiom) / fig. society in total disarray / cf. 禮樂|礼乐[lǐ yuè]

礼废乐崩lǐ fèi yuè bēng

see 禮崩樂壞|礼崩乐坏[lǐ bēng yuè huài]

礼教lǐ jiào

Confucian code of ethics

礼教吃人lǐ jiào chī rén

sufferings brought about by Confucian ethics

礼服店lǐ fú diàn

(Tw) nightlife venue where hostesses wear formal evening gowns

礼乐lǐ yuè

(Confucianism) rites and music (the means of regulating society)

礼乐崩坏lǐ yuè bēng huài

see 禮崩樂壞|礼崩乐坏[lǐ bēng yuè huài]

礼法lǐ fǎ

etiquette / ceremonial rites

礼炮lǐ pào

gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute) / salvo

礼义lǐ yì

righteousness / justice

礼义廉耻lǐ yì lián chǐ

(idiom) propriety, justice, integrity and a sense of shame (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維|四维[sì wéi])

礼花lǐ huā

fireworks

礼让lǐ ràng

to show consideration for (others) / to yield to (another vehicle etc) / courtesy / comity

礼赞lǐ zàn

to praise / well done, bravo!

礼宾员lǐ bīn yuán

concierge

礼宾部lǐ bīn bù

concierge department of a hotel or resort

礼贤下士lǐ xián xià shì

respect for the wise

礼轻人意重lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng

slight present but weighty meaning (idiom) / It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.

礼轻人意重,千里送鹅毛lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng , qiān lǐ sòng é máo

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.

礼轻情意重lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng

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.

礼部尚书lǐ bù shàng shū

Director of Board of Rites (Confucian)

礼金lǐ jīn

monetary gift

下水礼xià shuǐ lǐ

launching ceremony

以礼相待yǐ lǐ xiāng dài

to treat sb with due respect (idiom)

伴手礼bàn shǒu lǐ

(Tw) gift given when visiting sb (esp. a local specialty brought back from one's travels, or a special product of one's own country taken overseas)

来而不往非礼也lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yě

not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical) / to respond in kind

傲慢少礼ào màn shǎo lǐ

see 傲慢無禮|傲慢无礼[ào màn wú lǐ]

傲慢无礼ào màn wú lǐ

(idiom) arrogant / disrespectful

先兵后礼xiān bīng hòu lǐ

opposite of 先禮後兵|先礼后兵[xiān lǐ hòu bīng]

先礼后兵xiān lǐ hòu bīng

(idiom) try persuasion before resorting to force

克己复礼kè jǐ fù lǐ

restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects) / to subdue self and observe proprieties / (any number of possible translations)

免礼miǎn lǐ

(formal) you may dispense with curtseying

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