lǐ​jiào

social etiquette

  • created sense approved 礼教/禮教 · lǐ​jiào · social etiquette — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    礼教 / 禮教

    lǐ​jiào

    social etiquette

    Education in etiquette and traditional rites

    礼 (literal) → 礼/禮 · lǐ · etiquette 教 (literal) → 教 · jiào · to instruct

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 礼教/禮教 · lǐ​jiào · Confucian ethical code — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    礼教 / 禮教

    lǐ​jiào

    Confucian ethical code

    The traditional code of ethics and moral standards established to maintain social hierarchy and lineage relations in historical China; feudal code

    礼 (literal) → 礼/禮 · lǐ · propriety 教 (literal) → 教 · jiào · precepts

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

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