What is the meaning of Congee?

Leave, formal permission for some action, :

  1. Formal permission to leave; a passport.

Formal permission to leave; a passport.

Formal dismissal; any dismissal; abrupt dismissal without ceremony.

Formal leavetaking; any farewell.

A fee paid to make another go away, alms to a persistent beggar.

A bow, curtsey, or other gesture made at departure but including at greeting or in obeissance or respect.

To give congee,

  1. To give formal permission to leave; to dismiss.
  2. To give formal permission to do something; to license.

To give formal permission to leave; to dismiss.

To give formal permission to do something; to license.

To take congee: to leave ceremoniously.

To make a congee: to bow, curtsey, etc., while leaving; to make obeissance, show respect, or defer to someone or something.

A type of thick rice porridge or soup, sometimes prepared with vegetables and/or meat.

Source: wiktionary.org