财礼 (財禮)
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Pinyin
Definition
财礼 (財禮)
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- betrothal gift
- bride price
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
人为财死,鸟为食亡
- 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
- 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
仗义疏财
- 1 to help the needy for justice (idiom); to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy
以礼相待
- 1 to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
先礼后兵
- 1 peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence
- 2 jaw-jaw is better than war-war
克己复礼
- 1 restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties
- 2 (any number of possible translations)