"Etiquette" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 lǐ jié etiquette
 lǐ yí etiquette / ceremony
 lǐ shù etiquette / (old) gradation of etiquette with social status
 xíng jì manner / bearing / trace / mark / trail / etiquette
 lǐ fǎ etiquette / ceremonial rites
 lǐ sú etiquette / custom
 lǐ zhì etiquette / system of rites
 lǐ gift / rite / ceremony / CL:份[fen4] / propriety / etiquette / courtesy
 yí jié etiquette / ceremonial protocol
 Liù Yì the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼[li3] (禮儀|礼仪[li3 yi2]), music 樂|乐[yue3] (音樂|音乐[yin1 yue4]), archery 射[she4] (射箭[she4 jian4]), charioteering 御[yu4] (駕車|驾车[jia4 che1]), calligraphy or literacy 書|书[shu1] (識字|识字[shi2 zi4]), mathematics or reckoning 數|数[shu4] (計算|计算[ji4 suan4]) / another name for the Six Classics 六經|六经[Liu4 jing1]
 lǐ bīn protocol / official etiquette
 sān guì jiǔ kòu to kneel three times and kowtow nine times (formal etiquette on meeting the emperor)
 qǐn shān zhěn kuài bed of straw and pillow of clay (idiom) / the correct etiquette for a filial son during the mourning period
 lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yě not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical) / to respond in kind
 shī yí discourteous / failure of etiquette
 yuè lǐ to overstep etiquette / not to observe priorities
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