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    v.commit a breach of etiquette

    • jiù jiu zuò shòu wǒ men yào shi bù qù bié rén huì guài wǒ men shī lǐ de

      舅舅做寿我们要是别人我们失礼

      If we don't go to our uncle's birthday party, people will consider it a breach of etiquette.

    • bù xiàng zhǔ rén gào cí jiù zǒu zhè yě tài shī lǐ le

      主人告辞失礼

      Leaving without saying a word to one's host is just too impolite.

    • tā de shī lǐ zhǐ shì yòu yī qǐ míng rén zhuó zhuāng shī wù de àn lì ér yǐ

      失礼只是名人着装失误案例而已

      His faux pas was simply another celebrity wardrobe malfunction.

  • 2

    v.polexcuse me for my impropriety, lack of manners, etc.; express regrets to somebody for one's impropriety

    • duì bu qǐ shī lǐ le

      对不起失礼

      Pardon me for my lack of manners.