礼数 (禮數)
lǐ shù
Pinyin

Definition

礼数 (禮數)
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lǐ shù
  1. etiquette
  2. (old) gradation of etiquette with social status

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

倒数
dào shǔ
  1. 1 to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)
  2. 2 to count down
  3. 3 from the bottom (lines on a page)
  4. 4 from the back (rows of seats)
大多数
dà duō shù
  1. 1 (great) majority
婚礼
hūn lǐ
  1. 1 wedding ceremony
  2. 2 wedding
  3. 3 classifier: 场 chǎng
指数
zhǐ shù
  1. 1 (numerical, statistical) index
  2. 2 (math.) exponent
  3. 3 index
  4. 4 exponential (function, growth)
数
shǔ
  1. 1 to count
  2. 2 to count as
  3. 3 to regard as
  4. 4 to enumerate (sb's shortcomings)

Idioms (20)

一夕数惊
yī xī shù jīng
  1. 1 one scare after another (idiom)
  2. 2 in a constant state of tension
不计其数
bù jì qí shù
  1. 1 lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless
  2. 2 innumerable
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)

Sample Sentences

传统礼数真是繁缛呢。如今啊，大家伙儿的年夜饭都让各大酒店承包咯，这酒店在过年前好几个月就开始接受预定啦。
chuántǒng lǐshù zhēn shì fánrù ne 。rújīn ā ，dàjiāhuǒér de niányèfàn dōu ràng gè dà jiǔdiàn chéngbāo lo ，zhè jiǔdiàn zài guònián qián hǎo jǐ ge yuè jiù kāishǐ jiēshòu yùdìng la 。
Traditional rites are really very elaborate. Nowadays, everybody gets their Chinese New Year dinner at big hotels. These hotels start taking bookings from several months before Chinese New Year.
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是的。有钱还故意摆阔会让人瞧不起，会让人质疑你的文化底蕴，觉得没文化没知识的人才会这么做，无怪有很多暴发户会被“贵族”们鄙视为不懂礼数，不是真正的有钱人，只是幸运地暴富了而已。
shìde 。yǒu qián hái gùyì bǎikuò huì ràng rén qiáobuqǐ ，huì ràng rén zhìyí nǐ de wénhuà dǐyùn ，juéde méi wénhuà méi zhīshi de rén cái huì zhème zuò ，wúguài yǒu hěn duō bàofāhù huì bèi “guìzú ”men bǐshì wéi bùdǒng lǐshù ，bùshì zhēnzhèng de yǒuqiánrén ，zhǐshì xìngyùn de bàofù le éryǐ 。
Yeah. Showing off your money intentionally makes people look down at you. It'll make people suspect that you don't have much culture. They think that only people without culture or knowledge would act that way. It's no wonder that many of the nouveaux riches are looked down on by ''aristocrats" as not understanding etiquette. They say that nouveaux riches aren't ''real" rich people, they just got rich because of their luck.
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