礼尚往来 lǐshàngwǎnglái▶ timbal balik

Stroke order

礼尚往来 is written in 28 strokes across 4 characters.

• 礼 — 5 strokes
• 尚 — 8 strokes
• 往 — 8 strokes
• 来 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom)
2. fig. to return politeness for politeness

Related words

• 以往Masa lalu
• 典礼Upacara
• 历来selalu
• 向往Merindukan; mendambakan
• 向来selalu
• 尚且namun

礼尚往来 is pronounced lǐshàngwǎnglái and means “timbal balik”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 礼尚往来 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.