Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "礼" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "礼" in Landscape Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
reviewing stand / visitors' stand
assembly hall / auditorium / CL:座[zuo4],處|处[chu4]
wedding ceremony / wedding / CL:場|场[chang3]
look at nothing that is not consistent with propriety / not to look at things which do not conform to the rites
protocol / official etiquette
lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) / fig. to return politeness for politeness
refined and courteous / urbane
rites and music are in ruins (idiom); fig. society in total disarray / cf. 禮樂|礼乐[li3 yue4]
to make a pilgrimage (to visit a holy site) / to go on a sightseeing tour
peer competition / to function as rivals / to make claims as an equal
sense of propriety, justice, integrity and honor (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維|四维[si4 wei2])
gift voucher / gift coupon
to stand on ceremony / punctilious
week / religious service / worship / CL:個|个[ge4]
disrespectful / be insolent and rude
offer an apology / extend a formal apology
gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute) / salvo
Rites and Ceremonies, part of the Confucian Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4]
Ministry of (Confucian) Rites (in imperial China)