xū​lǐ

insincere courtesy

  • created sense approved 虚礼/虛禮 · xū​lǐ · insincere courtesy — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    虚礼 / 虛禮

    xū​lǐ

    insincere courtesy

    insincere courtesy; empty formalities or polite social gestures that lack genuine meaning

    虚 (literal) → 虚/虛 · xū · false 礼 (literal) → 礼/禮 · lǐ · rite

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

    created sense