lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom); fig. to return politeness for politeness
trad. 禮尚往來
Also written 禮尚往來【lǐ shàng wǎng lái】
Characters in this word
4礼
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surname Li, abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites
- Pinyin
- Lǐ
- Traditional
- 禮
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 11331 of 2500
尚
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surname Shang
- Pinyin
- Shàng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 11512 of 2500
往
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to go (in a direction), to, towards, (of a train) bound for, past, previous
- Pinyin
- wǎng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1074 of 2500
来
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to come, (used as a substitute for a more specific verb), hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]), ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]), for the past (amount of time), (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]), (between two verbs) in order to, (after a round number) approximately, (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- Pinyin
- lái
- Traditional
- 來
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 33 of 2500