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古體詩

简古体诗 · 繁古體詩

Mandarin · pinyin gǔ tǐ shī

a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, six or seven characters per line

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古: gǔ · old, classic, ancient
體: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit
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体: tǐ · body; group, class, body, unit; inferior
诗: shī · poetry; poem, verse, ode

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3–3–1 · gu3 ti3 shi1

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gu2 tai2 si1

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noun

(literature) a form of pre-Tang era poetry

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