赔礼 (賠禮)
péi lǐ
Pinyin

Definition

赔礼 (賠禮)
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péi lǐ
  1. to offer an apology
  2. to make amends

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

婚礼
hūn lǐ
  1. 1 wedding ceremony
  2. 2 wedding
  3. 3 classifier: 场 chǎng
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
礼物
lǐ wù
  1. 1 gift
  2. 2 present
  3. 3 classifier: 件 jiàn
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 份 fèn
典礼
diǎn lǐ
  1. 1 celebration
  2. 2 ceremony

Idioms (15)

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)
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.

Sample Sentences

昨天踢球把学校员工宿舍一楼的一块玻璃给踢碎了。老师说要我写封致歉信，正式赔礼道歉。我从来没写过，这怎么写呀？
zuótiān tī qiú bǎ xuéxiào yuángōng sùshè yī lóu de yī kuài bōli gěi tī suì le 。lǎoshī shuō yào wǒ xiě fēng zhīqiànxìn ，zhèngshì péilǐ dàoqiàn 。wǒ cónglái méi xiě guo ，zhè zěnme xiě ya ？
When I was playing soccer yesterday, I broke a section of glass in the first floor of the school's staff dormitory. The teacher said I have to write an apology letter to formally apologize. I have never written one before. How do I write it?
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