"Poetry" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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诗 shī poem / CL:首[shou3] / poetry / verse
诗意 shī yì poetry / poetic quality or flavor
的 de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute) / (used to form a nominal expression) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs
唐诗 Táng shī Tang poetry / a Tang poem
下半身 xià bàn shēn lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century)
诗集 shī jí poetry anthology
神韵 shén yùn charm or grace (in poetry or art)
诗文 shī wén poetry and literature
吟诗 yín shī to recite poetry
古风 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1]
赋诗 fù shī to versify / to compose poetry
诗坛 shī tán poetry circles / poetry world
对仗 duì zhàng antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound) / to fight / to wage war
抒情诗 shū qíng shī lyric poetry
哀婉 āi wǎn (esp. of poetry, music) melancholy / sad and moving
元曲 Yuán qǔ Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy
词话 cí huà form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty
朦胧诗 méng lóng shī Misty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movement
山水诗 shān shuǐ shī shanshui poetry, genre of Classical Chinese poetry
吟风弄月 yín fēng nòng yuè lit. singing of the wind and the moon / fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art)
词 cí word / statement / speech / lyrics / CL:組|组[zu3],個|个[ge4] / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝|宋朝[Song4 chao2] / CL:首[shou3]
昆 kūn descendant / elder brother / a style of Chinese poetry
风花雪月 fēng huā xuě yuè wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom) / effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life
文苑英华 Wén yuàn Yīng huá Finest Blossoms in the Garden of Literature, Song dynasty collection of poetry, odes, songs and writings compiled during 982-986 under Li Fang 李昉[Li3 Fang3], Xu Xuan 徐鉉|徐铉[Xu2 Xuan4], Song Bai 宋白[Song4 Bai2] and Su Yijian 蘇易簡|苏易简[Su1 Yi4 jian3], 1000 scrolls
能诗善文 néng shī shàn wén highly literate / lit. capable at poetry, proficient at prose
旧诗 jiù shī old verse / poetry in the old style
旧体诗 jiù tǐ shī poetry in the old style
诗画 shī huà poetry and pictorial art / work of art combining pictures and poetry
骚体 sāo tǐ poetry in the style of 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1]
古体诗 gǔ tǐ shī a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, six or seven characters per line
辞章 cí zhāng poetry and prose / rhetoric
元诗四大家 Yuán shī sì dà jiā the four masters of Yuan poetry, namely 虞集[Yu2 Ji2], 範梈|范梈[Fan4 Peng1], 楊載|杨载[Yang2 Zai4] and 揭傒斯[Jie1 Xi1 si1]
诗话 shī huà notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old) / a genre of narrative literature interspersing prose with poetry, popular in the Tang and Song dynasties
锦囊 jǐn náng silk brocade bag, used in ancient times to hold poetry manuscripts and other precious items / (fig.) tip (a piece of practical advice)
近体诗 jìn tǐ shī a genre of poetry, developed in the Tang Dynasty, characterized by its strict form
重头 chóng tóu anew / from the beginning / (in poetry and song) repetition of a melody or rhythm
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