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诗 shī poem / CL:首[shou3] / poetry / verse
诗歌 shī gē poem / CL:本[ben3],首[shou3],段[duan4]
诗篇 shī piān a poem / a composition in verse / fig. epic (compared with historical epic) / the biblical Book of Psalms
篇什 piān shí poem
细雨 xì yǔ fine rain / drizzle / poem by Tang poet Li Shangyin 李商隱|李商隐
散文诗 sǎn wén shī prose poem
唐诗 Táng shī Tang poetry / a Tang poem
古诗 gǔ shī old verse / Classical Chinese poem
填词 tián cí to compose a poem (to a given tune)
和 hè to compose a poem in reply (to sb's poem) using the same rhyme sequence / to join in the singing / to chime in with others
琵琶行 Pí pa Xíng Song of the Pipa Player, long poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4]
情诗 qíng shī love poem
诗曰 shī yuē a poem goes:
打油诗 dǎ yóu shī humorous poem / limerick
唱和 chàng hè antiphon (i.e. solo voice answered by chorus) / sung reply (in agreement with first voice) / to reply with a poem in the same rhythm
离骚 Lí Sāo On Encountering Sorrow, poem by Qu Yuan 屈原[Qu1 Yuan2] in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞[Chu3 ci2]
杏花村 xìng huā cūn village of blossoming apricot trees where one can find a wineshop (reference to the famous poem 清明 / by 杜牧[Du4 Mu4])
长诗 cháng shī long poem
千字文 Qiān zì wén Thousand Character Classic, 6th century poem used as a traditional reading primer
叙事诗 xù shì shī narrative poem
令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem
含蕴 hán yùn to contain / to hold / content / (of a poem etc) full of implicit meaning
韵事 yùn shì poetic occasion / elegant situation / in literature, the cue for a poem
回肠荡气 huí cháng dàng qì soul-stirring (of drama, poem or artwork) / heart-rending / deeply moving
卖炭翁 Mài Tàn Wēng The Old Charcoal Seller, poem by Tang poet Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4]
张若虚 Zhāng Ruò xū Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜
阕 què (literary) to end / to stop / one of the stanzas (usually two) of a ci poem 詞|词[ci2] / classifier for songs or ci poems
荡气回肠 dàng qì huí cháng heart-rending (drama, music, poem etc) / deeply moving
冰壶秋月 bīng hú qiū yuè jade ice jug and autumn moon (idiom, from poem by Song writer Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡) / fig. spotless white and pure / flawless person
芙蓉出水 fú róng chū shuǐ lit. lotus rises from the water (idiom) / fig. to blossom (of poem or art)
曲子 qǔ zi poem for singing / tune / music / CL:支[zhi1]
步韵 bù yùn to write a poem using another poem's rhymes
酬和 chóu hè to respond to a poem with a poem
康桥 Kāng qiáo Cambridge (city), from a poem by Xu Zhimo 徐志摩
梨俱吠陀 Lí jù fèi tuó Rigveda, Indian religious poem
雅歌 yǎ gē part of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 / a song / a poem set to elegant music / a refined chant / the biblical Song of Solomon
黄鹤楼 Huáng hè Lóu Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥|崔颢[Cui1 Hao4], with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓|岳阳楼[Yue4 yang2 Lou2] in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi
哀江南赋 Aī Jiāng nán fù Lament for the South, long poem in Fu style by Yu Xin 庾信 / mourning the passing of Liang of the Southern dynasties 南朝梁朝
崔颢 Cuī Hào Cui Hao (-754), Tang dynasty poet and author of poem Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼
应制 yìng zhì to write a poem on the order of the Emperor
排律 pái lu:4 long poem in lüshi form 律詩|律诗
春江花月夜 Chūn jiāng huā yuè yè River on a spring night, long yuefu poem by 張若虛|张若虚[Zhang1 Ruo4 xu1]
杜秋娘歌 Dù Qiū niáng gē song of lady Du Qiu, poem by Du Mu 杜牧
梨俱吠陀 lí jū fèi tuó Rigveda, Indian religious poem
次韵 cì yùn reply to a poem in the same rhyme
每逢佳节倍思亲 měi féng jiā jié bèi sī qīn doubly homesick for our dear ones at each festive day (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维[Wang2 Wei2])
牧神午后 mù shén wǔ hòu Prélude à / l'après-midi d'un faune, by Claude Debussy based on poem by Stéphane Mallarmé
独在异乡为异客 dú zài yì xiāng wéi yì kè a stranger in a strange land (from a poem by Wang Wei 王維|王维[Wang2 Wei2])
留别 liú bié a departing gift / a souvenir on leaving / a poem to mark one's departure
留连论诗 liú lián lùn shī to continue to discuss a poem over a long period
百胜难虑敌，三折乃良医 bǎi shèng nán lu:4 dí , sān zhé nǎi liáng yī (a line from a poem by the Tang poet Liu Yuxi 劉禹錫|刘禹锡[Liu2 Yu3 xi1]) one gains very little insight into one's enemy from a hundred victories, but he who breaks his arm three times will be a good doctor / (fig.) one learns more from one's failures than from one's successes
秦韬玉 Qín Tāo yù Qin Taoyu, Tang poet, author of poem "A Poor Woman" 貧女|贫女[Pin2 nu:3]
蕴和 yùn hé to contain (e.g. poem contains feelings) / contained in
贫女诗 pín nu:3 shī Poor Woman, long poem by Tang dynasty poet Qin Taoyu 秦韜玉|秦韬玉[Qin2 Tao1 yu4]
鹍鸡曲 kūn jī qǔ long poem by 韓信|韩信[Han2 Xin4] (-196 BC)
一览众山小 yī lǎn zhòng shān xiǎo (last line of the poem 望岳 / by Tang poet Du Fu 杜甫[Du4 Fu3]) with one look I shall see all the smaller mountains down below (from the summit of Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1]) / (fig.) awe-inspiring view from a very high place
题诗 tí shī to inscribe a poem (often, composed on the spot) on a painting, fan or ceramic bowl etc as a work of calligraphy / an inscribed poem
天问 Tiān wèn Tianwen, or Questions to Heaven, a long poem by Chu Yuan 屈原[Qu1 Yuan2] / Tianwen, a series of interplanetary missions developed by the China National Space Administration starting in 2016, named after the poem
出师未捷身先死 chū shī wèi jié shēn xiān sǐ "he failed to complete his quest before death" (line from the poem "The Premier of Shu" 蜀相[Shu3 xiang4] by Du Fu 杜甫[Du4 Fu3])
怎一个愁字了得 zěn yī gè chóu zì liǎo dé (last line of the poem 聲聲慢|声声慢[Sheng1 sheng1 Man4] by Song poet Li Qingzhao 李清照[Li3 Qing1 zhao4]) / how can it be expressed in one word, "sorrow"? / how can words express such sadness?
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