来而不往非礼也
lái'ér​bù​wǎng​fēi​lǐ​yě

one should return as good as one receives

  • created reference approved 来而不往非礼也/來而不往非禮也 → 礼尚往来/禮尚往來 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    来而不往非礼也 / 來而不往非禮也 lái'ér​bù​wǎng​fēi​lǐ​yě

    礼尚往来 / 禮尚往來 lǐ​shàng​wǎng​lái

    same_as

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    created reference

  • created sense approved 来而不往非礼也/來而不往非禮也 · lái'ér​bù​wǎng​fēi​lǐ​yě · one should return as good as one receives — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    来而不往非礼也 / 來而不往非禮也

    lái'ér​bù​wǎng​fēi​lǐ​yě

    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

    来 (literal) → 来/來 · lái · to come 而 (literal) → 而 · ér · but 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 往 (literal) → 往 · wǎng · to go 非礼 (literal) → 非礼/非禮 · fēi​lǐ · impolite 也 (bound) → 也 · yě · [classical particle]

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

    created sense