礼尚往来
lǐ​shàng​wǎng​lái

reciprocity

  • created sense approved 礼尚往来/禮尚往來 · lǐ​shàng​wǎng​lái · reciprocity — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    礼尚往来 / 禮尚往來

    lǐ​shàng​wǎng​lái

    reciprocity

    (idiom) courtesy demands reciprocity; to treat others as they treat you, whether by returning favors or by paying them back in kind

    礼 (literal) → 礼/禮 · lǐ · propriety 尚 (literal) → 尚 · shàng · to value 往来 (literal) → 往来/往來 · wǎng​lái · dealings

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

    created sense