"Manners" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 qì zhì temperament / personality traits / manners
 lǐ mào courtesy / manners
 shī tài to forget one's manners / to forget oneself / to lose self-control (in a situation)
 xiào lǐ cáng dāo lit. a dagger hidden in smiles (idiom) / friendly manners belying hypocritical intentions / when the fox preaches, look to the geese
 zá shuō scattered essays / various opinions / different manners of speaking
 chǒu xiàng ugly expression / unsightly manners
 sú suí shí biàn customs change with time (idiom) / other times, other manners / O Tempora, O Mores!
 shí dài bù tóng , fēng shàng bù tóng customs change with time (idiom) / other times, other manners / O Tempora, O Mores!
 méi shàng méi xià no respect for seniors / lacking in manners
 xiāng xià xí qì country manners / provincialism
 jiǔ dé good manners in drinking / drinking as personality test
 kuáng tài display of wild manners / scandalous scene / insolent and conceited manners
 chī xiàng table manners
 wǔ jiǎng sì měi sān rè ài the five emphases, four beauties and three loves (PRC policy introduced in 1981, including emphasis on manners, beauty of language and love of socialism)
 guò jié r (coll.) grudge / strife / good manners
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