诗 shī poem / CL:首[shou3] / poetry / verse 诗 词 shī cí verse 诗 句 shī jù verse / CL:行[hang2] 韵 文 yùn wén verse 一 句 yī jù a line of verse / a sentence 对 联 duì lián rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL:副[fu4],幅[fu2] 古 诗 gǔ shī old verse / Classical Chinese poem 诗 篇 shī piān a poem / a composition in verse / fig. epic (compared with historical epic) / the biblical Book of Psalms 引 经 据 典 yǐn jīng jù diǎn lit. to quote the classics / to quote chapter and verse (idiom) 格 律 gé lu:4 forms of versification / conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of tonal patterns and rhyme schemes for various types of Classical Chinese poetic composition / metrical verse 律 诗 lu:4 shī regular verse / strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming 吟 哦 yín é to chant / to recite rhythmically / to polish verse 韵 脚 yùn jiǎo rhyming word ending a line of verse / rhyme 韵 诗 yùn shī rhyming verse 句 jù sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse 偈 jì Buddhist hymn / gatha / Buddhist verse 荆 轲 Jīng Kē Jing Ke (-227 BC), celebrated in verse and fiction as would-be assassin of King Ying Zheng of Qin 秦嬴政 / (later the First Emperor 秦始皇) 七 言 律 诗 qī yán lu:4 shī verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines (abbr. to 七律[qi1lu:4]) 反 诗 fǎn shī verse criticizing officials / satirical verse 句 数 jù shù number of sentences / number of lines (in verse etc) 散 曲 sǎn qǔ verse or song form from Yuan, Ming and Qing 白 话 诗 bái huà shī free verse in the vernacular 旧 诗 jiù shī old verse / poetry in the old style 艳 诗 yàn shī erotic verse 诗 稿 shī gǎo verse manuscript 阆 苑 Làng yuàn Langyuan paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends 阆 风 Láng fēng Langfeng Mountain / same as Langyuan 閬苑|阆苑[Lang4 yuan4] paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends 阆 风 巅 Láng fēng diān Langfeng Mountain / same as Langyuan 閬苑|阆苑[Lang4 yuan4] paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends 阆 凤 山 Láng fèng shān Langfeng Mountain / same as Langyuan 閬苑|阆苑[Lang4 yuan4] paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends 雅 什 yǎ shí fine verse 风 调 fēng diào character (of a person, verse, object etc) / style 闲 章 xián zhāng recreative seal, bearing not the owner's name but a well-known verse or such, and used for artistic purposes on paintings etc