礼义
lǐ yì
Pinyin

Definition

礼义
 - 
lǐ yì
  1. righteousness
  2. justice

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

典礼
diǎn lǐ
  1. 1 celebration
  2. 2 ceremony
婚礼
hūn lǐ
  1. 1 wedding ceremony
  2. 2 wedding
  3. 3 CL:場|场[chǎng]
意义
yì yì
  1. 1 sense
  2. 2 meaning
  3. 3 significance
  4. 4 importance
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
礼
Lǐ
  1. 1 surname Li
  2. 2 abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Lǐ jì], Classic of Rites
礼品
lǐ pǐn
  1. 1 gift
  2. 2 present
礼拜
lǐ bài
  1. 1 week
  2. 2 religious service
  3. 3 worship
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
礼物
lǐ wù
  1. 1 gift
  2. 2 present
  3. 3 CL:件[jiàn],個|个[gè],份[fèn]
礼貌
lǐ mào
  1. 1 courtesy
  2. 2 manners
义气
yì qì
  1. 1 spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice
  2. 2 code of brotherhood
  3. 3 also pr. [yì qi]
送礼
sòng lǐ
  1. 1 to give a present
三民主义
Sān mín zhǔ yì
  1. 1 Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s)
不义
bù yì
  1. 1 injustice
主义
zhǔ yì
  1. 1 -ism
  2. 2 ideology
仁义
rén yì
  1. 1 benevolence and righteousness
仗义
zhàng yì
  1. 1 to uphold justice
  2. 2 to be loyal (to one's friends)
  3. 3 to stick by
侠义
xiá yì
  1. 1 chivalrous
  2. 2 chivalry
  3. 3 knight-errantry
信义
Xìn yì
  1. 1 Xinyi or Hsinyi district of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市[Tái běi shì], Taiwan
  2. 2 Xinyi or Hsini district of Keelung City 基隆市[Jī lóng shì], Taiwan
  3. 3 Xinyi or Hsini township in Nantou county 南投縣|南投县[Nán tóu xiàn], central Taiwan
个人主义
gè rén zhǔ yì
  1. 1 individualism
公义
gōng yì
  1. 1 righteousness
共产主义
gòng chǎn zhǔ yì
  1. 1 communism

Idioms (20)

仁人义士
rén rén yì shì
  1. 1 those with lofty ideals (idiom)
  2. 2 men of vision
仁义道德
rén yì dào dé
  1. 1 compassion, duty, propriety and integrity (idiom); all the traditional virtues
  2. 2 mainly used sarcastically, to mean hypocritical
仁至义尽
rén zhì yì jìn
  1. 1 extreme benevolence, utmost duty (idiom); meticulous virtue and attention to duty
仗义执言
zhàng yì zhí yán
  1. 1 to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle
仗义疏财
zhàng yì shū cái
  1. 1 to help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy
以礼相待
yǐ lǐ xiāng dài
  1. 1 to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
先礼后兵
xiān lǐ hòu bīng
  1. 1 peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence
  2. 2 jaw-jaw is better than war-war
克己复礼
kè jǐ fù lǐ
  1. 1 restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties
  2. 2 (any number of possible translations)
割袍断义
gē páo duàn yì
  1. 1 to rip one's robe as a sign of repudiating a sworn brotherhood (idiom)
  2. 2 to break all friendly ties
千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
博文约礼
bó wén yuē lǐ
  1. 1 vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)
多行不义必自毙
duō xíng bù yì bì zì bì
  1. 1 persisting in evil brings about self-destruction (idiom)
大义凛然
dà yì lǐn rán
  1. 1 devotion to righteousness that inspires reverence (idiom)
大义灭亲
dà yì miè qīn
  1. 1 to place righteousness before family (idiom); ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it
天经地义
tiān jīng dì yì
  1. 1 lit. heaven's law and earth's principle (idiom); fig. right and proper
  2. 2 right and unalterable
  3. 3 a matter of course
忘恩负义
wàng ēn fù yì
  1. 1 to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend
  2. 2 to kick a benefactor in the teeth
慷慨赴义
kāng kǎi fù yì
  1. 1 heroically sacrificing one's life (idiom); to sacrifice oneself fervently to the cause
舍生取义
shě shēng qǔ yì
  1. 1 to give up life for righteousness (idiom, from Mencius); to choose honor over life
  2. 2 would rather sacrifice one's life than one's principles
敬贤礼士
jìng xián lǐ shì
  1. 1 to revere people of virtue and honor scholarship (idiom)

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