Cantonese words starting with L

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lai5 fai3 ngok6 bang1

禮廢樂崩礼废乐崩

see 禮崩樂壞|礼崩乐坏[li3 beng1 yue4 huai4]

(clothing) Formal Wear

Confucian code of ethics

lai5 gaau3 hek3 jan4

禮教吃人礼教吃人

sufferings brought about by Confucian ethics

Classic of Rites

Classic of Rites (same as 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4])

ritual object; sacrificial vessel

lai5 hing1 cing4 ji3 zung6

禮輕情意重礼轻情意重

goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.

lai5 hing1 jan4 ji3 zung6

禮輕人意重礼轻人意重

slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.

lai5 hing1 jan4 ji3 zung6 ，cin1 lei5 sung3 ngo4 mou4

禮輕人意重，千里送鵝毛礼轻人意重，千里送鹅毛

goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.

禮衣邊礼衣边

(Chinese radical) in a component form "衤"

lai5 ji6 lim4 ci2

禮義廉恥礼义廉耻

(idiom) propriety, justice, integrity and a sense of shame (i.e. the four social bonds, 四維|四维[si4 wei2])

lai5 jin4 haa6 si6

禮賢下士礼贤下士

respect for the wise

to show consideration for (others); courtesy

blotched snakehead (Channa maculata)

courtesy; polite reception

Li County or Lixian, a county in Changde City 常德市[Chang2 de2 Shi4], Hunan

Li County or Lixian, a county in Longnan City 隴南市|陇南市[Long3 nan2 Shi4], Gansu

Li County or Lixian, a county in Baoding City 保定市[Bao3 ding4 Shi4], Hebei

see 醴陵市[Li3 ling2 Shi4]

Liling, a county-level city in Zhuzhou City 株洲市[Zhu1 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan

(noun) ritual and music; ritual music

courtesy; politeness; manners

hat that goes with formal dress

lai5 ngok6 bang1 waai6

禮樂崩壞礼乐崩坏

see 禮崩樂壞|礼崩乐坏[li3 beng1 yue4 huai4]

gun salute (e.g. 21-gun salute)

lai5 paau3 hou6

禮炮號礼炮号

Salyut (salute), Russian spacecraft series

(verb) to hire; to employ

Lishui river in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖

lai5 soeng6 wong5 loi4

禮尚往來礼尚往来

(saying) 1. Reciprocate; 2. Treated others with kindness as how they will treat you back;

assembly hall; auditorium

lai5 waai6 ngok6 bang1

禮壞樂崩礼坏乐崩

see 禮崩樂壞|礼崩乐坏[li3 beng1 yue4 huai4]

example; rule; instance; conventional

husband and wife; spouse

to encourage; to strive; to exert oneself

to bend; to go against; perverse; humiliation; crime; to reach

plucking method for the pipa, a traditional Chinese instrument

ulcer; sore; pestile