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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *句* | 句* | *句
sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse
HSK 2
super- / ultra- / hyper-
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *节* | 节* | *节
joint; node / (bound form) section; segment / solar term (one of the 24 divisions of the year in the traditional Chinese calendar) / seasonal festival / (bound form) to economize; to save / (bound form) moral integrity; chastity / classifier for segments: lessons, train wagons, biblical verses etc / knot (nautical miles per hour)
HSK 2
(broadly) prose (as opposed to verse) / (more narrowly) free-form literary prose, such as essays, sketches and reflections
HSK 5
rhyming couplet / pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway / CL: ,
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *诗* | 诗* | *诗
poem / CL: / poetry / verse
HSK 4
a line of verse / a sentence
a poem / a composition in verse / fig. epic (compared with historical epic) / the biblical Book of Psalms
verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 characters, with rhyme on alternate lines
old verse / Classical Chinese poem
verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 characters, with rhyme on alternate lines (abbr. for 七言律詩|七言律诗)
lit. to quote the classics / to quote chapter and verse (idiom)
HSK 7-9
free verse in the vernacular
verse / CL:
verse criticizing officials / satirical verse
rhyming word ending a line of verse / rhyme
old verse / poetry in the old style
to chant / to recite rhythmically / to polish verse
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
rhyming verse
foot (syllabic unit in verse) / meter / scansion
cadence / rhythm / rhyme scheme / meter (in verse) / (linguistics) prosody
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)
regular verse / strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming
Langyuan paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends
verse or song form from Yuan, Ming and Qing
pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration
number of sentences / number of lines (in verse etc)
fine verse
Langfeng Mountain / same as Langyuan 閬苑|阆苑 paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends
verse (as opposed to prose 散文)
verse manuscript
verse
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *吟* | 吟* | *吟
to chant; to recite / verse; song (often used in titles of classical poems) / (literary) to lament; to groan / (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects / (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴) (cf. , wide vibrato)
recreative seal, bearing not the owner's name but a well-known verse or such, and used for artistic purposes on paintings etc
erotic verse
hyper- / ultra-
Langfeng Mountain / same as Langyuan 閬苑|阆苑 paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends
Langfeng Mountain / same as Langyuan 閬苑|阆苑 paradise, home of the immortals in verse and legends
character (of a person, verse, object etc) / style
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *偈* | 偈* | *偈
Buddhist hymn / gatha / Buddhist verse


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