禮多人不怪
lǐ​duō​rén​bù​guài

courtesy costs nothing

  • created sense approved 礼多人不怪/禮多人不怪 · lǐ​duō​rén​bù​guài · courtesy costs nothing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    礼多人不怪 / 禮多人不怪

    lǐ​duō​rén​bù​guài

    courtesy costs nothing

    Nobody will take offense if you are extra polite; one cannot be too courteous.

    lǐ​duō​rén​bú​guài

    礼 (literal) → 礼/禮 · lǐ · etiquette 多 (literal) → 多 · duō · many 人 (literal) → 人 · rén · person 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 怪 (literal) → 怪 · guài · to blame

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

    created sense