"Formal" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 zhèng shì formal / official
 kè qi polite / courteous / formal / modest
 wén language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67
 zhèng guī xì tǒng formal
 dì qū local / regional / district (not necessarily formal administrative unit) / region / area / as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) / CL:個|个[ge4]
 Zhōng huá China (alternate formal name)
 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name
 lǐ fú ceremonial robe / formal attire (dinner suit, evening gown etc)
 tiáo mù clauses and sub-clauses (in formal document) / entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia etc)
 bài jiàn to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to meet one's senior or superior
 jù cān communal meal / formal dinner of club or group
 lì lín to arrive (esp. of notable person) / to visit (more formal than 光臨|光临[guang1 lin2])
 xué míng scientific name / Latin name (of plant or animal) / (according to an old system of nomenclature) on entering school life, a formal personal name given to new students
 xiè zhuāng to remove makeup / (old) to take off formal dress and ornaments
 zhèng fāng the side in favor of the proposition (in a formal debate)
 jiàn wài to treat sb with the formal courtesy accorded to a host or a guest
 kū sāng to wail at a funeral / formal wailing while offering sacrifice to the departed
 bài yè to pay a formal visit / to call to pay respects / to pay homage (at a monument, mausoleum etc)
 dà tóu zhào head-and-shoulders photo (esp. a formal one used in a passport, ID card etc)
 yǎ yuè formal ceremonial music of each succeeding Chinese dynasty starting with the Zhou / Korean a'ak / Japanese gagaku
 jiāo bēi jiǔ formal exchange of cups of wine between bride and groom as traditional wedding ceremony
 zhèng shì tóu piào formal vote
鹿 Lù yuàn sì Rokuonji in northwest Kyōto 京都, Japan / the formal name of Kinkakuji or Golden pavilion 金閣寺|金阁寺[Jin1 ge2 si4] as Buddhist temple
 jiāo bài to bow to one another / to kneel and kowtow to one another / formal kowtow as part of traditional wedding ceremony
 Nèi gé Zǒng lǐ Dà chén formal title of the Japanese prime minister
 bā háng shū formal recommendation letter in eight columns
 gòng tóng gāng lǐng common program / formal program of the communist party after 1949, that served as interim national plan
 zhèng zhuāng formal dress
 Shè huì Zhǔ yì Jiào yù Yùn dòng Socialist Education Movement (1963-66), formal name of the Four Cleanups Movement 四清運動|四清运动[Si4 qing1 Yun4 dong4]
 pìn qǔ hūn formal betrothal (in which the boy's family sends presents to the girl's family)
 shēng qǐng to make a formal request / formal request / to make a claim (law)
 yān zhī formal wife of a Xiongnu chief during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD)
  act of formal confirmation
  formal or informal custody
  formal editing
  formal informal
  Formal Working Group on Options for Resource Policies and Long-term Financing
  formal hearing
  formal education scheme
  formal sector
 tái duān you (in a formal letter)
 fǎn fāng the side opposed to the proposition (in a formal debate)
 chí fāng side (in a formal debate)
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