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Mandarin · pinyin tí shī

to inscribe a poem (often, composed on the spot) on a painting, fan or ceramic bowl etc as a work of calligraphy
an inscribed poem

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题: tí · forehead; title, headline; theme
诗: shī · poetry; poem, verse, ode

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2–1 · ti2 shi1

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verb

to write or inscribe an (improvised) poem; to write verses (on something)

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