"poems" Chinese-English Dictionary

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词牌 詞牌 cí pái names of the tunes to which 詞|词[ci2] poems are composed syn
首 shǒu m.w. head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc syn
收录 收錄 shōu lù to include (in a collection) / to put together (stories, poems etc) / to record / to employ / to recruit syn
集锦 集錦 jí jǐn a collection of choice items (poems, photos etc) syn
恶搞 惡搞 è gǎo spoof (web-based genre in PRC, acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
诗经 詩經 shī jīng Shijing, the Book of Songs, early collection of Chinese poems and one of the Five Classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1]
选编 選編 xuǎn biān selected works (poems, documents etc) / anthology
满江红 滿江紅 mǎn jiāng hóng Man Jiang Hong (Chinese poems)
吟诵 吟誦 yín sòng to read aloud / to recite rhythmically / to chant / to intone (esp. poems in rhythm) syn
唐诗三百首 唐詩三百首 táng shī sān bǎi shǒu Three Hundred Tang Poems, an anthology collected around 1763 by Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛[Sun1 Zhu1]
吟 唫 yín to chant / to recite / verse / song (often used in titles of classical poems) / (literary) to lament / to groan / (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects / (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2]) (cf. 猱[nao2], wide vibrato) syn
阕 闋 què (literary) to end / to stop / one of the stanzas (usually two) of a ci poem 詞|词[ci2] / classifier for songs or ci poems syn
白香词谱 白香詞譜 bái xiāng cí pǔ Anthology of ci poems tunes (1795), edited by Xu Menglan 舒夢蘭|舒梦兰, with 100 accessible poems from Tang through to Qing times
孙诛 孫誅 sūn zhū Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[Tang2 shi1 San1 bai3 Shou3] / also known by assumed name 蘅塘退士[Heng2 tang2 Tui4 shi4]
弦诵不辍 弦誦不輟 xián sòng bù chuò incessant playing of instruments and reciting of poems (idiom)
恶搞文化 惡搞文化 è gǎo wén huà spoofing culture (Web-based genre in PRC acquiring cult status from 2005, involving humorous, satirical or fantastical videos, photo collections, texts, poems etc)
提壶 提壺 tí hú unidentified type of bird referred to in ancient Chinese poems / see 提壺蘆|提壶芦[ti2 hu2 lu2]
提壶芦 提壺蘆 tí hú lú unidentified type of bird referred to in ancient Chinese poems
提葫芦 提葫蘆 tí hú lú unidentified type of bird referred to in ancient Chinese poems / variant of 提壺蘆|提壶芦[ti2 hu2 lu2]
舒梦兰 舒夢蘭 shū mèng lán Shu Menglan (1759-1835), Qin dynasty writer, poet and editor of Anthology of ci poems tunes 白香詞譜|白香词谱
蘅塘退士 héng táng tuì shì assumed name of Sun Zhu 孫誅|孙诛[Sun1 Zhu1] (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首|唐诗三百首[Tang2 shi1 San1 bai3 Shou3]
唫 yín to chant / to recite / verse / song (often used in titles of classical poems) / (literary) to lament / to groan / (bound form) (in poetry) the cry of certain animals and insects / (music) rapid vibrato (technique for playing the guqin 古琴[gu3 qin2]) (cf. 猱[nao2], wide vibrato) / high / rugged mountains / steep / variant of 崟[yin2]
诗话 詩話 shī huà notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old) / a genre of narrative literature interspersing prose with poetry, popular in the Tang and Song dynasties
幸甚至哉 xìng shèn zhì zāi filled with joy (quotation from poems by Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1])
春诵夏弦 chūn sòng xià xián (idiom) In ancient times, poems were recited in spring and accompanied by string instruments in summer.
斗方名士 dǒu fāng míng shì (idiom) A “cultured gentleman” who likes writing poems or painting on square sheets to flaunt his refinement.
斗酒百篇 dǒu jiǔ bǎi piān (idiom) To drink a large quantity of wine and compose many poems. It describes remarkable poetic fluency, often associated with the ability to drink.
淫词艳曲 yín cí yàn qǔ (idiom) Sexually explicit and unhealthy poems, lyrics, or songs.
一咏一觞 一詠一觴 yī yǒng yī shāng (idiom) A gathering of literati where wine is drunk and poems are recited.
丁娘十索 dīng niáng shí suǒ (idiom) By allusion to an ancient set of poems, it refers to the persistent demands of a prostitute.
你唱我和 nǐ chàng wǒ hé (idiom) ① To exchange poems by responding to one another’s themes, forms, and rhymes. ② To share the same opinions and support one another.
冰柱雪车 bīng zhù xuě chē (idiom) Originally the titles of two poems by Liu Yi under the Tang / later used to praise particularly fine poetry or prose.
卖文为生 mài wén wéi shēn (idiom) To earn a living by selling one’s poems and writings.
啸傲湖山 嘯傲湖山 xiào ào hú shān (idiom) To live freely, composing poems and roaming among lakes and mountains.
御沟红叶 yù gōu hóng yè (idiom) It refers to the story of poems written on red leaves floating through the palace waterways.
搠笔巡街 shuò bǐ xún jiē (idiom) Describes an impoverished scholar who walks the streets selling poems or written work.
断幅残纸 duàn fú cán zhǐ (idiom) Scattered fragments or small sheets bearing poems, writings, or traces of ink.
更唱叠和 gēng chàng dié hé (idiom) To exchange poems or poetic compositions in response to one another.
更唱迭和 gēng chàng dié hé (idiom) ① To sing in turn and respond to one another. ② To exchange poems or verses. ③ To echo one another and act in coordination.
月旦评 月旦評 yuè dàn píng (idiom) The appraisal or criticism of people, poems, calligraphy, paintings, or other works.
杜默为诗 dù mò wéi shī (idiom) Poems improvised by an ignorant and poorly informed person, often without observing poetic rules.
残章断简 殘章斷簡 cán zhāng duàn jiǎn (idiom) Refers to incomplete books or scattered fragments of writings, poems, and paintings. It is synonymous with “fragments of old books.”
残编裂简 殘編裂簡 cán biān liè jiǎn (idiom) Refers to incomplete books or scattered, fragmentary writings, poems, and calligraphic works.
江淹梦笔 江淹夢筆 jiāng yān mèng bǐ (idiom) According to legend, Jiang Yan dreamed that Guo Pu asked him to return the five-colored brush, after which his poems no longer contained fine lines.
润笔之资 rùn bǐ zhī zī (idiom) Payment received for writing poems or texts, or producing calligraphic or pictorial works for someone else.
游戏笔墨 yóu xì bǐ mò (idiom) Refers to poems or prose written in a playful, non-serious spirit.
火齐木难 火齊木難 huǒ jì mù nán (idiom) The term refers to rare and hard-to-find precious stones. It is often used figuratively for highly valuable poems, calligraphy, or paintings.
蛙鸣狗吠 wā míng gǒu fèi (idiom) The croaking of frogs and barking of dogs. Metaphorically, it refers to shallow and poor-quality poems or prose.
遗篇坠款 遺篇墜款 yí piān zhuì kuǎn (idiom) Scattered poems and writings, together with the artist’s or calligrapher’s inscriptions left on paintings and calligraphic works.
雕花刻叶 diāo huā kè yè (idiom) Evokes carving flowers and leaves in order to compose poems or lyrical works. It emphasizes delicate, carefully crafted poetic creation.
雷同一律 léi tóng yī lǜ (idiom) It describes poems or writings that all follow the same form, without any variation.
鬼设神施 鬼設神施 guǐ shè shén shī (idiom) Describes an arrangement or composition so ingenious and refined that it seems made by gods and spirits. It is used especially for poems and literary works.
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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