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五言絕句

简五言绝句 · 繁五言絕句

Mandarin · pinyin wǔ yán jué jù

poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line

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五: wǔ · five; surname
言: yán · words, speech; speak, say; Kangxi radical 149
絕: Look up this written character
句: jù · sentence
绝: jué · to cut, sever, break off, terminate

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3–2–2–4 · wu3 yan2 jue2 ju4

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ng5 jin4 zyut6 geoi3

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noun

(poetry) pentasyllabic quatrain; five-syllable quatrain

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