"Gifts" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 gòng to offer tribute / tribute / gifts
 hán suān wretched / poverty-stricken / unpresentable (for clothing, gifts etc)
 tái ju to lift sth up / to elevate sb / to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc) / to show great regard / to speak highly / Taiwan pr. [tai2 ju3]
 tái jǔ to lift sth up / to elevate sb / to honor sb (with compliments, gifts, promotions etc) / to show great regard / to speak highly
 hòu lǐ generous gifts
 wèi láo to show appreciation (by kind words, small gifts etc) / to comfort
 shàng gòng to make offerings (to gods or ancestors) / to offer gifts to superiors in order to win their favor
 huà gān gē wéi yù bó lit. to exchange weapons of war for gifts of jade and silk (idiom) / fig. to turn hostility into friendship
 tóu táo bào lǐ toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom) / to return a favor / to exchange gifts / Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
 fèn classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc / variant of 分[fen4]
 zhì gifts to superiors
 tóu jiǎo zhēng róng promise of brilliant young person (idiom) / showing extraordinary gifts
 xià pìn to send the betrothal gifts / (fig.) to conclude a marriage
 lái zhě bù shàn , shàn zhě bù lái He who comes is surely ill-intentioned, no-one well-meaning will come (idiom). / Be careful not to trust foreigners. / Beware of Greeks bearing gifts!
 yuán zhù jiāo jì Enjo-kōsai or "compensated dating", a practice which originated in Japan where older men give money or luxury gifts to women for their companionship and sexual favors
 zèng sháo to give peonies / fig. exchange of gifts between lovers
 suí zàng pǐn burial goods / burial gifts
 huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)
  guidelines and procedures on offers of gifts and hospitality
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