投桃報李
tóu​táo​bào​lǐ

to exchange gifts

  • created reference approved 投桃报李/投桃報李 → 礼尚往来/禮尚往來 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    投桃报李 / 投桃報李 tóu​táo​bào​lǐ

    礼尚往来 / 禮尚往來 lǐ​shàng​wǎng​lái

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 投桃报李/投桃報李 · tóu​táo​bào​lǐ · to exchange gifts — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    投桃报李 / 投桃報李

    tóu​táo​bào​lǐ

    to exchange gifts

    to toss a peach and get back a plum; to return a favor or exchange gifts in the spirit of friendship and mutual benefit; to practice [[礼尚往来|禮尚往來|li3 shang4 wang3 lai2]]

    投 (literal) → 投 · tóu · to throw 桃 (literal) → 桃 · táo · peach 报 (literal) → 报/報 · bào · to repay 李 (literal) → 李 · lǐ · plum

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense