禮尚往來 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 礼尚往来 lǐshàngwǎnglái ㄌㄧˇ ㄕㄤˋ ㄨㄤˇ ㄌㄞˊ lit. proper behavior is based on reciprocity (idiom) fig. to return politeness for politeness Character by character 禮(lǐ)surname Li 尚(shàng)surname Shang 往(wǎng)go 來(lái)come A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0