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Here is the Chinese idiom 「禮尚往來」, along with its meaning and how it is used.

It means that there should be give and take in etiquette. It now also means answering the other party with the same attitude or approach.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

lǐ shàng wǎng lái

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

lai5 seung6 wong5 loi4

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