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Definition(s) for: 来而不往非礼也

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
来而不往非礼也 lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yě - not to reciprocate is against etiquette (classical)
- to respond in kind

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HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 101,586 73,273

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
lái- to come
- (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
- hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5])
- ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2])
- for the past (amount of time)
- (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4])
- (between two verbs) in order to
- (after a round number) approximately
- (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2])
ér- and
- as well as
- and so
- but (not)
- yet (not)
- (indicates causal relation)
- (indicates change of state)
- (indicates contrast)
- no; not so
- (bound form) not; un-
wǎng- to go (in a direction)
- to
- towards
- (of a train) bound for
- past
- previous
wǎng- old variant of 往[wang3]
fēi- abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africa
fēi- to not be; not
- wrong; incorrect
- non-; un-; in-; de-
- to reproach; to blame
- (coll.) to insist on; simply must
- surname Li
- abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3ji4], Classic of Rites
- gift
- rite
- ceremony
- CL:份[fen4]
- propriety
- etiquette
- courtesy
- surname Ye
- also; too; as well; (not ...) either
- (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X)
- (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]

Other Words Containing 来而不往非礼也

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo