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麗辭

简丽辞 · 繁麗辭

Mandarin · pinyin lì cí

beautiful wordage
also written 麗詞 lì cí

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麗: lì · beautiful, magnificent, elegant
辭: Look up this written character
丽: lì · beautiful, magnificent, elegant
辞: cí · words, speech, expression, phrase

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4–2 · li4 ci2

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noun

(literary) flowery language; ornate diction
(literary) antithesis; lines or sentences with matching of sound, sense, and part of speech

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