"Verse" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 shī poem / CL:首[shou3] / poetry / verse
 shī cí verse
 shī jù verse / CL:行[hang2]
 yùn wén verse
 yī jù a line of verse / a sentence
 duì lián rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL:副[fu4],幅[fu2]
 gǔ shī old verse / Classical Chinese poem
 shī piān a poem / a composition in verse / fig. epic (compared with historical epic) / the biblical Book of Psalms
 qī lu:4 abbr. for 七言律詩|七言律诗, verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines
 yǐn jīng jù diǎn lit. to quote the classics / to quote chapter and verse (idiom)
 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
 lu:4 shī regular verse / strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming
 yín é to chant / to recite rhythmically / to polish verse
 yùn jiǎo rhyming word ending a line of verse / rhyme
 yùn shī rhyming verse
 jù sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse
 jì Buddhist hymn / gatha / Buddhist verse
 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)
 qī yán lu:4 shī verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines / abbr. to 七律
 fǎn shī verse criticizing officials / satirical verse
 jù shù number of sentences / number of lines (in verse etc)
 sǎn qǔ verse or song form from Yuan, Ming and Qing
 bái huà shī free verse in the vernacular
 jiù shī old verse / poetry in the old style
 yàn shī erotic verse
稿 shī gǎo verse manuscript
 Làng yuàn Langyuan paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends
 Láng fēng Langfeng Mountain / same as Langyuan 閬苑|阆苑[Lang4 yuan4] paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends
 Láng fēng diān Langfeng Mountain / same as Langyuan 閬苑|阆苑[Lang4 yuan4] paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends
 Láng fèng shān Langfeng Mountain / same as Langyuan 閬苑|阆苑[Lang4 yuan4] paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends
 yǎ shí fine verse
 fēng diào character (of a person, verse, object etc) / style
 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
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