律詩 (leot6 si1 | lv4 shi1) : lüshi, a poem with eight lines

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律詩

leot6 si1

lv4 shi1

lüshi, a poem with eight lines. In addition to the tonal constraints, this form required parallelism between the lines in the second and third couplets. The lines in these couplets had to contain contrasting content, with the characters in each line usually in the same part of speech. (source: Wikipedia)

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This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

律詩

This word has been viewed 1561 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 9th Apr 2008 20:23 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03

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律 leot6 - statute; law; regulation
詩 si1 - poetry; poem; verse; ode

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律師 leot6 si1 lv4 shi1 = lawyer, attorney

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