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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
- lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom)
- fig. to return politeness for politeness
Related words
礼尚往来 is pronounced lǐshàngwǎnglái and means “การแลกเปลี่ยนซึ่งกันและกัน”. 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.