{"path":"/entry/79617","title":"礼尚往来 / 禮尚往來 (lǐ shàng wǎng lái) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"礼尚往来 / 禮尚往來 (lǐ shàng wǎng lái): literally proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom). Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":79617,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["礼尚往来"],"TRADITIONAL":["禮尚往來"]}},"phonetic":"lǐ shàng wǎng lái","phoneticKey":"li3 shang4 wang3 lai2","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"literally proper behavior is based on reciprocity ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"figuratively to return politeness for politeness","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["NOUN","VERB"],"frequency":43769,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Book of Rites, Book 1 (《禮記·曲禮上》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"太上贵德，其次务施报。礼尚往来。往而不来，非礼也；来而不往，亦非礼也。","traditional":"太上貴德，其次務施報。禮尚往來。往而不來，非禮也；來而不往，亦非禮也。"},"phonetic":"Tàishàng guì dé, qícì wù shī bào. Lǐ shàng wǎnglái. Wǎng ér bù lái, fēilǐ yě; lái ér bù wǎng, yì fēilǐ yě.","english":"In the highest antiquity they prized (simply conferring) good; in the time next to this, giving and repaying was the thing attended to. And what the rules of propriety value is that reciprocity. If I give a gift and nothing comes in return, that is contrary to propriety; if the thing comes to me, and I give nothing in return, that also is contrary to propriety.","ref":"The Book of Rites, c. 4ᵗʰ – 2ⁿᵈ century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":7,"sourceName":"HSK 3.0","name":"Levels 7-9"},{"id":13,"sourceName":"HSK 2.0","name":"Level 6"},{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}