duilian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

a pair of content-related lines with same number of characters, same part of speech in each corresponding word, inverse tone patterns in each corresponding character, oblique tone as the last character of first line; (by extension) a physical object (often a scroll, plaque, or paper strip) inscribed with such text

/twɛiˈliɛn/

duilian duilians

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 對聯 /对联 (duìlián).

antithetical couplet Chinese couplet couplet coupled scrolls duilian couplet

對聯对联 with examples 對偶对偶 a Chinese rhetoric similar to duilian but less strict

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