来而不往非礼也 lái'érbùwǎngfēilǐyě one should return as good as one receives Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 来而不往非礼也 來而不往非禮也 lái'érbùwǎngfēilǐyě one should return as good as one receives (literary) it is impolite not to reciprocate; to respond in kind; often used to suggest that one will give a taste of their own medicine or strike back in response to another's actions Frequency Written text 0.109 per million Cross-References Same as 礼尚往来 lǐshàngwǎnglái Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
来而不往非礼也 來而不往非禮也 lái'érbùwǎngfēilǐyě one should return as good as one receives (literary) it is impolite not to reciprocate; to respond in kind; often used to suggest that one will give a taste of their own medicine or strike back in response to another's actions Frequency Written text 0.109 per million Cross-References Same as 礼尚往来 lǐshàngwǎnglái Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
