财礼 (財禮)
cái lǐ
Pinyin

Definition

财礼 (財禮)
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cái lǐ
  1. betrothal gift
  2. bride price

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

hūn lǐ
  1. 1 wedding ceremony
  2. 2 wedding
  3. 3 classifier: 场 chǎng
gōng xǐ fā cái
  1. 1 May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting)
  1. 1 surname Li
  2. 2 abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Lǐ jì], Classic of Rites
lǐ pǐn
  1. 1 gift
  2. 2 present
lǐ wù
  1. 1 gift
  2. 2 present
  3. 3 classifier: 件 jiàn
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 份 fèn

Idioms (20)

人为财死,鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
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)