1.to offer an apology2.to make amends
(idiom) try persuasion before resorting to force
1.too polite2.overcourteous
1.Holy sacrament2.Christian rite (esp. Protestant)3.also called 圣事 by Catholics
1.to praise2.well done, bravo!
1.peer competition2.to function as rivals3.to make claims as an equal
1.to show consideration for (others)2.to yield to (another vehicle etc)3.courtesy4.comity+1 条 1.etiquette2.ceremonial rites
(Confucianism) rites and music (the means of regulating society)
(idiom) a land of ceremony and propriety
1.to return a courtesy2.return gift
1.betrothal gift2.bride price
1.to return a politeness2.to present a gift in return
Rites and Ceremonies, part of the Confucian Classic of Rites 礼记[lǐ jì]
(formal) you may dispense with curtseying
the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man
circumcision (male or female)
1.to accept a gift2.to acknowledge greetings
the Rites of Zhou (in Confucianism)
state gift; official gift exchanged between heads of state or governments
birthday present (for an old person)
1.betrothal gift2.bride-price
1.to accept a gift2.to receive presents
1.(religion) to sacrifice2.sacrifice3.animal offered as sacrifice
to worship Buddha; to pray to Buddha
1.etiquette2.system of rites
1.gift voucher2.gift coupon
ritual object; sacrificial vessel
Li County or Lixian, a county in Longnan City 陇南市[lǒng nán shì], Gansu
Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China)
the classics a Confucian scholar must read (such as The Book of Songs 诗经[shī jīng] and The Book of Rites 礼记[lǐ jì])
1.betrothal gift2.bride price
1.to overstep etiquette2.not to observe priorities
Liquan, a county in Xianyang City 咸阳市[xián yáng shì], Shaanxi
Robert Morrison (1782-1834), Presbyterian minister, translator, and the London Missionary Society's first missionary to China