What Does "来而不往非礼也" (lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yě) Mean?

lái来ér而bù不wǎng往fēi非lǐ礼yě也

We should kindly respond to it.

HSK Vocabulary

来H1 而H4 不H1 往H2 非H7 也H1

Show Information

Source Media

TV Series

Season & Episode

S1 E22

Clip Timestamp

5:09

TMDB ID

292696

Conversation Context

Line	Chinese	Pinyin	Translation
1	谢长公主	xiè zhǎng gōng zhǔ	Thank you, Your Highness.
2▶	来而不往非礼也	lái ér bù wǎng fēi lǐ yě	We should kindly respond to it.
3	雷将军有此雅兴	léi jiāng jūn yǒu cǐ yǎ xìng	Since General Lei proposed it, we should also provide a prize.

More Clips From Episode

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HSK 7

0:03s

连只耗子都别想溜进去

lián zhǐ hào zi dōu bié xiǎng liū jìn qù(Let alone a person, not even a mouse could slip through.)

HSK 1

0:03s

王妃你吃点东西休息一下吧

wáng fēi nǐ chī diǎn dōng xī xiū xī yī xià baYour Highness, you should eat something and rest.

殿下这些旧物被大理寺翻得一团糟

HSK 5

0:03s

殿下这些旧物被大理寺翻得一团糟

diàn xià zhè xiē jiù wù bèi dà lǐ sì fān dé yī tuán zāoHis Highness's belongings got messed up by the court officials.

HSK 4

0:03s

不是一日两日能收拾完的

bú shì yī rì liǎng rì néng shōu shí wán deIt won't take just a day or two to tidy up.

HSK 4

0:03s

是啊王妃不如我去给您倒杯茶吧

shì a wáng fēi bù rú wǒ qù gěi nín dào bēi chá baYes, Your Highness. How about I pour you a cup of tea?

他不肯走啊他不走你可以赶他走啊

HSK 4

0:03s

他不肯走啊他不走你可以赶他走啊

tā bù kěn zǒu a tā bù zǒu nǐ kě yǐ gǎn tā zǒu aHe refuses to leave. But you can kick him out.

HSK 4

0:03s

我赶了你怎么赶的

wǒ gǎn le nǐ zěn me gǎn deI tried. How did you try?

HSK 4

0:03s

我让账房把他工钱都停了

wǒ ràng zhàng fáng bǎ tā gōng qián dōu tíng leI had accounts stop paying his wages.

HSK 6

0:03s

你可曾把这段婚姻放在心上过

nǐ kě zēng bǎ zhè duàn hūn yīn fàng zài xīn shàng guòDid you ever take our marriage to heart?

HSK 4

0:03s

我们许是不太了解对方吧

wǒ men xǔ shì bù tài liǎo jiě duì fāng baPerhaps we don't know each other well.

HSK 6

0:03s

秦苍他要杀你

qín cāng tā yào shā nǐQin Cang, he's going to kill you!