彬彬有礼 (彬彬有禮)
bīn bīn yǒu lǐ
Pinyin
Definition
彬彬有礼 (彬彬有禮)
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- refined and courteous
- urbane
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一无所有
- 1 not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking
- 2 without two sticks to rub together
三人行,必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三生有幸
- 1 the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
- 2 (courteous language) it's my good fortune...
上有天堂,下有苏杭
- 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
- 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
上有政策,下有对策
- 1 The higher ups have policies while the lower downs have their own ways of getting around them. (idiom)
Sample Sentences
这种尊严同时体现在对公司销售人员的要求上,销售人员必须举止得体、彬彬有礼,正如波尔顿著名的训练员工的备忘录里所说:既不要像收税官那样不苟言笑,也不能像算命先生一样油腔滑调……
This dignity is also reflected in the demands on the company’s sales staff. Each salesperson must behave well and be polite, as Bolton’s famous staff training memo says: “Don’t be as frightful as the tax collector, or as slippery as a fortune-teller."