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輓聯

简 挽联 · 繁 輓聯
Mandarin · pinyin wǎn lián

Meanings

  1. pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration
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輓
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聯
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挽
wǎn · pull; pull back, draw back
联
lián · connect, join; associate, ally
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3–2 · wan3 lian2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

waan5 lyun4

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noun

  1. elegiac couplet

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