禮義之邦
lǐ​yì​zhī​bāng

land of propriety and righteousness

  • created sense approved 礼义之邦/禮義之邦 · lǐ​yì​zhī​bāng · land of propriety and righteousness — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    礼义之邦 / 禮義之邦

    lǐ​yì​zhī​bāng

    land of propriety and righteousness

    a nation that values etiquette, justice, and moral character; used to describe a civilized country with high moral standards

    礼义 (literal) → 礼义/禮義 · lǐ​yì · propriety and righteousness 之 (literal) → 之 · zhī · [possessive] 邦 (literal) → 邦 · bāng · country

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

    created sense