lǐ shàng wǎng lái

Traditional: 禮尚往來

礼尚往来 (lǐ shàng wǎng lái) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom); fig. to return politeness for politeness”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to return politeness for politeness

Characters in 礼尚往来

礼lǐ · gift尚shàng · still往wǎng · to go (in a direction)来lái · to come

Related words

来to come起来to stand up; to get up起来(after a verb) indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state回来to return; to come back出来to come out出来(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)过来to come over过来see 過來|过来[guo4 lai2]下来to come down从来always看来apparently进来to come in

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