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IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
IDChineseTrad.PinyinPlainPYEnglish Definition
1 shīShi1poem; Classifiers: ; poetry; verse; abbr. for Shijing 诗经 , the Book of Songs
2诗人 詩人 shī rénshi1 ren2bard; poet
3诗歌 詩歌 shī shi1 ge1poem; Classifiers:
4诗意 詩意 shī shi1 yi4poetry; poetic quality or flavor
5诗句 詩句 shī shi1 ju4verse; Classifiers:
6史诗 史詩 shǐ shīshi3 shi1an epic; poetic saga
7诗经 詩經 shī jīngShi1 jing1Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五经
8诗词 詩詞 shī shi1 ci2verse
9诗篇 詩篇 shī piānshi1 pian1a poem; a composition in verse; fig. epic (compared with historical epic); the biblical Book of Psalms
10抒情诗 抒情詩 shū qíng shīshu1 qing2 shi1lyric poetry
11今体诗 今體詩 jīn shījin1 ti3 shi1same as 近体诗
12近体诗 近體詩 jìn shījin4 ti3 shi1a genre of poetry, developed in the Tang Dynasty, characterized by its strict form
13古体诗 古體詩 shīgu3 ti3 shi1a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, six or seven characters per line
14古诗 古詩 shīgu3 shi1old verse; classical Chinese poem
15感遇诗 感遇詩 gǎn shīgan3 yu4 shi1a lament (poem)
16赋诗 賦詩 shīfu4 shi1to versify; to compose poetry
17定场诗 定場詩 dìng chǎng shīding4 chang3 shi1first soliloquy text (introducing opera character)
18作诗题款 作詩題款 zuò shī kuǎnzuo4 shi1 ti2 kuan3to write poems and inscriptions on paintings (idiom)
19律诗 律詩 shīlu:4 shi1regular verse; strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming
20朦胧诗 朦朧詩 méng lóng shīmeng2 long2 shi1Misty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movement
21打油诗 打油詩 yóu shīda3 you2 shi1humorous poem; limerick
22长诗 長詩 cháng shīchang2 shi1long poem
23贫女诗 貧女詩 pín shīpin2 nu:3 shi1Poor Woman, long poem by Tang dynasty poet Qin Taoyu 秦韬玉
24七言律诗 七言律詩 yán shīqi1 yan2 lu:4 shi1verse form consisting of 8 lines of 7 syllables, with rhyme on alternate lines; abbr. to 七律
25情诗 情詩 qíng shīqing2 shi1love poem

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