礼

surname Li / abbr. for 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4], Classic of Rites

gift / rite / ceremony / CL:份[fen4] / propriety / etiquette / courtesy

component in Chinese characters / archaic variant of 毫[hao2] / archaic variant of 乙[yi3]

Character component without intrinsic meaning

celebration / ceremony

to go to church on Sunday (of Christians)

funeral

peaceful measures before using force (idiom); diplomacy before violence / jaw-jaw is better than war-war

peer competition / to function as rivals / to make claims as an equal

restrain yourself and return to the rites (idiom, from Analects); to subdue self and observe proprieties / (any number of possible translations)

(formal) you may dispense with curtseying

circumcision

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.

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.

humble expression for generous gift

vigorously pursuing knowledge, while scrupulously abiding by the rules of decorum (idiom)

day off (work)

the capping ceremony, a Confucian coming of age ceremony for males dating from pre-Qin times, performed when a boy reaches the age of 20, involving the ritual placing of caps on the head of the young man

circumcision (male or female)

launching ceremony

to treat sb with due respect (idiom)

gift given when visiting sb (esp. a local specialty brought back from one's travels, or a special product of one's own country taken overseas) (Tw)

Rites and Ceremonies, part of the Confucian Classic of Rites 禮記|礼记[Li3 ji4]

opposite of 先禮後兵|先礼后兵[xian1 li3 hou4 bing1]