礼 (禮) lǐ

1. lǐ noun propriety / social custom / manners / courtesy ／ etiquette
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Middle Chinese: lejX； In this sense, 礼 has the same meaning as 礼节. It is a central principle in Confucianism (FE '禮' 1; Guoyu '禮' n 1； Kroll 2015 '禮' 2; GHC '礼' 3; Sun 2006, loc. 1296). For example, 惡勇而無禮者 'He hates those who have valor merely, and are unobservant of propriety.' (Lunyu 17:24, trans. by Legge)
2. lǐ noun a ritual / a ceremony / a rite
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Especially, in the context of Confucianism (FE '禮' 2; GHC '礼' 1; Guoyu '禮' n 3; Yao 2000, p. 22) For example, 喪禮 'funeral rites' (Legge, 1885, 'Tan Gong II' in ”Classic of Rites”; 《禮記‧檀弓下》)
3. lǐ noun a present / a gift
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Customs
   Notes: (FE '禮' 3; GHC '礼' 4; Guoyu '禮' n 4)
4. lǐ noun a bow
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (GHC '礼' 2; Guoyu '禮' n 2)
5. lǐ proper noun Li / Zhou Li / Yi Li / Li Ji
   Domain: Literature 文学 , Concept: Book 书
   Notes: An abbreviation for one of the books Rites of Zhou 《周礼》, Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 《仪礼》, or the Classic of Rites 《礼记》 (GHC '礼' 5; Guoyu '禮' n 5)
6. lǐ proper noun Li
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: A surname (FE '禮' 4; GHC '礼' 6; Guoyu '禮' n 6)
7. lǐ verb to give an offering in a religious ceremony
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 祭 (Guoyu '禮' v 1)
8. lǐ verb to respect / to revere
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 尊敬 (Guoyu '禮' v 2)

Contained in

• 瞻礼日(瞻禮日) the Lord's Day / Sunday
• 以礼相待(以禮相待) to treat with due respect
• 知书达礼(知書達禮) knowing the Book of Songs and understanding etiquette
• 薄礼(薄禮) my meager gift (humble)
• 此致敬礼(此致敬禮) respectfully yours (at the end of a letter)
• 富而好礼(富而好禮) though rich, loves propriety
• 贺礼(賀禮) congratulatory gift
• 答礼(答禮) to return a courtesy / return gift
• 作礼(作禮) to salute / to greet / to bow to
• 牲礼(牲禮) (religion) to sacrifice / sacrifice / animal offered as sacrifice
• 圣礼(聖禮) Holy sacrament / Christian rite
• 礼赞(禮讚) to praise
• 浸礼会(浸禮會) Baptists
• 礼拜仪式(禮拜儀式) liturgical
• 婚礼(婚禮) wedding ceremony / wedding
• 礼轻人意重，千里送鹅毛(禮輕人意重，千里送鵝毛) goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning
• 招携以礼(招攜以禮) encourage a leader with ritual propriety
• 吉礼(吉禮) an auspicious ritual ; a wedding ceremony
• 千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重(千里送鵝毛，禮輕人意重) goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning
• 还礼(還禮) to return a politeness ; to present a gift in return
• 观礼(觀禮) to attend a ritual
• 礼拜堂(禮拜堂) chapel / church
• 屈膝礼(屈膝禮) curtsy
• 寿礼(壽禮) birthday present
• 割礼(割禮) circumcision
• 礼器(禮器) ritual object / sacrificial vessel
• 乡饮酒礼(鄉飲酒禮) rites of the district symposium
• 浸礼教(浸禮教) Baptist (Christian sect)
• 成人礼(成人禮) coming of age ceremony
• 礼多人不怪(禮多人不怪) nobody will find fault with extra courtesy
• 千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重(千里送鵝毛，禮輕情意重) goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
• 送礼会(送禮會) shower (for bride, baby etc)
• 颜勤礼碑(顏勤禮碑) Yan Family Ceremony Inscription
• 抗礼(抗禮) to behave informally as equals / not to stand on ceremony
• 礼貌(禮貌) polite
• 礼品(禮品) gift / present
• 失礼(失禮) lacking in manners
• 礼之用，和为贵(禮之用，和為貴) in practicing the rules of propriety, a harmony should be emphasized
• 厚礼(厚禮) generous gifts

Also contained in

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• 卷二十 志第十 禮中 Volume 20 Treatises 10: Rites Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 146
• 卷十四 志第四 禮一 Volume 14 Treatises 4: Rituals 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 136
• 卷二十六 志第六: 禮儀六 Volume 26 Treatises 6: Rites 6 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 131
• 卷二十一 志第一: 禮儀一 Volume 21 Treatises 1: Rites 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 129
• 卷七十三　志第二十四: 　祭祀二 Volume 73 Treatises 26: Offerings 2 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 128
• 卷二十五 志第五: 禮儀五 Volume 25 Treatises 5: Rites 5 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 123
• 卷二十一 志第十一 禮下 Volume 21 Treatises 11: Rites Part Three Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 118
• 卷十六 志第六 禮三 Volume 16 Treatises 6: Rituals 3 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 114
• 卷七十五　志第二十六: 　祭祀四 Volume 75 Treatises 28: Offerings 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 112
• 卷十五 志第五 禮二 Volume 15 Treatises 5: Rituals 2 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 109

Collocations

• 百礼 (百禮) 以洽百禮 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧甫田之什‧賓之初筵 Minor odes of the kingdom - Fu Tian Zhi Shen - Bao Zhi Chu Yan — count: 5
• 谓礼 (謂禮) 子父不奸之謂禮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 5
• 大礼 (大禮) 君貺之以大禮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 文公 Lord Wen — count: 4
• 弃礼 (棄禮) 上棄禮而不能行 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧魚藻之什‧瓠葉 Minor odes of the kingdom - Yu Zao Zhi Shen - Hu Ye — count: 3
• 礼成 (禮成) 禮成而不反 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 3
• 在礼 (在禮) 在禮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 2
• 臣礼 (臣禮) 以盡臣禮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 2
• 夫礼 (夫禮) 夫禮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 莊公 Lord Zhang — count: 2
• 殷礼 (殷禮) 王肇稱殷禮 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 洛誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement concerning Luo — count: 2
• 礼六 (禮六) 獻公合諸侯之禮六 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 昭公 Lord Zhao — count: 2