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"poetry and literature" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
诗文 詩文 shī wén poetry and literature syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
诗画 詩畫 shī huà poetry and pictorial art / work of art combining pictures and poetry
文苑英华 文苑英華 wén yuàn yīng huá Finest Blossoms in the Garden of Literature, Song dynasty collection of poetry, odes, songs and writings compiled during 982-986 under Li Fang 李昉[Li3 Fang3], Xu Xuan 徐鉉|徐铉[Xu2 Xuan4], Song Bai 宋白[Song4 Bai2] and Su Yijian 蘇易簡|苏易简[Su1 Yi4 jian3], 1000 scrolls
诗坛 詩壇 shī tán poetry circles / poetry world syn
朦胧诗 朦朧詩 méng lóng shī Misty Poetry, a post-Cultural Revolution poetry movement
山水诗 山水詩 shān shuǐ shī shanshui poetry, genre of Classical Chinese poetry
的 de of / ~'s (possessive particle) / (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun) / (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) / (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的[pi2ge2 de5] "one made of leather" or 跑堂兒的|跑堂儿的[pao3tang2r5de5] "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的[xin1 de5] "new one") / also pr. [di4] or [di5] in poetry and songs syn
吟风弄月 吟風弄月 yín fēng nòng yuè lit. singing of the wind and the moon / fig. vacuous and sentimental (of poetry or art) syn
变文 變文 biàn wén a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes)
林纾 林紓 lín shū Lin Shu (1852-1924), writer and influential translator and adaptor of vast swathes of Western literature into Classical Chinese
平仄 píng zè level and oblique tones (technical term for Classical Chinese rhythmic poetry)
对仗 對仗 duì zhàng antithesis (two lines of poetry matching in sense and sound) / to fight / to wage war syn
哀婉 āi wǎn (esp. of poetry, music) melancholy / sad and moving syn
元曲 yuán qǔ Yuan dynasty theater, including poetry, music and comedy
哀艳 哀艷 āi yàn (of poetry etc) plaintive and beautiful / poignant
牌 pái signboard / plaque / plate / tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]) / brand / trademark (CL:個|个[ge4]) / mahjong tile / domino / playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]) / (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2pai2] and 曲牌[qu3pai2]) syn
风花雪月 風花雪月 fēng huā xuě yuè wind, flower, snow and moon, trite poetry subject (idiom) / effete language without substance / love affair / romance is in the air / dissipated life
辞章 辭章 cí zhāng poetry and prose / rhetoric syn
元诗四大家 元詩四大家 yuán shī sì dà jiā the four masters of Yuan poetry, namely 虞集[Yu2 Ji2], 範梈|范梈[Fan4 Peng1], 楊載|杨载[Yang2 Zai4] and 揭傒斯[Jie1 Xi1 si1]
锦囊 錦囊 jǐn náng silk brocade bag, used in ancient times to hold poetry manuscripts and other precious items / (fig.) tip (a piece of practical advice)
重头 重頭 chóng tóu anew / from the beginning / (in poetry and song) repetition of a melody or rhythm
语文 語文 yǔ wén literature and language / (PRC) Chinese (as a school subject)
江南 jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river / south of the lower reaches of Changjiang / often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces / a province during Qing times / in literature, refers to the sunny south / Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
文艺 文藝 wén yì literature and art syn
素材 sù cái source material (in literature and art) syn
品味 pǐn wèi to sample / to taste / to appreciate / one's taste (i.e. in music, literature, fashion, food and drink etc) / good taste syn
文史 wén shǐ literature and history
脾胃 pí wèi spleen and stomach (digestive organs in TCM) / preferences / one's taste (e.g. in literature) syn
语文老师 語文老師 yǔ wén lǎo shī language and literature teacher
花木兰 花木蘭 huā mù lán Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
冷宫 冷宮 lěng gōng (in literature and opera) a place to which a monarch banishes a wife or concubine who falls from favor / (fig.) the doghouse / a state of disfavor
阳春白雪 陽春白雪 yáng chūn bái xuě melodies of the elite in the state of Chu 楚國|楚国[Chu3 guo2] / highbrow art and literature
三国演义 三國演義 sān guó yǎn yì Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中[Luo2 Guan4 zhong1], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备[Liu2 Bei4] Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操[Cao2 Cao1] Wei 魏[Wei4] as villains
图书馆和保健文献事务处 圖書館和保健文獻事務處 Office of Library and Health Literature Services
保健印刷品、图书馆和资料服务处 保健印刷品、圖書館和資料服務處 Health Literature, Library and Information Services
教科文组织促进宽容青少年文学奖 教科文組織促進寬容青少年文學獎 UNESCO Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance
国际俄罗斯语言和文学教师协会 國際俄羅斯語言和文學教師協會 International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature
诗意 詩意 shī yì poetry / poetic quality or flavor syn
唐诗 唐詩 táng shī Tang poetry / a Tang poem
下半身 xià bàn shēn lower half of one's body / Lower Body (Chinese poetry movement of the early 21st century) syn
诗集 詩集 shī jí poetry anthology
神韵 神韻 shén yùn charm or grace (in poetry or art) syn
吟诗 吟詩 yín shī to recite poetry syn
古风 古風 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] syn
乐府 樂府 yuè fǔ yuefu (Chinese style of lyric poetry)
赋诗 賦詩 fù shī to versify / to compose poetry syn
吟咏 吟詠 yín yǒng to recite / to sing (of poetry) syn
抒情诗 抒情詩 shū qíng shī lyric poetry
词话 詞話 cí huà form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty
诗仙 詩仙 shī xiān "immortal of poetry", epithet of Li Bai 李白[Li3 Bai2] syn
联 聯 lián (bound form) to ally oneself with / to unite / to combine / to join / (bound form) (poetry) antithetical couplet syn
诗圣 詩聖 shī shèng "sage of poetry", epithet of Du Fu 杜甫[Du4 Fu3] syn
音韵学 音韻學 yīn yùn xué Chinese phonetics (concerned also with rhyme in poetry) syn
诗 詩 shī poem / CL:首[shou3] / poetry / verse syn
词 詞 cí word / statement / speech / lyrics / a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝[Song4chao2] (CL:首[shou3]) syn
昆 kūn descendant / elder brother / a style of Chinese poetry syn
骚 騷 sāo (bound form) to disturb / to disrupt / flirty / coquettish / abbr. for 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1] / (literary) literary writings / poetry / foul-smelling (variant of 臊[sao1]) / (dialect) (of certain domestic animals) male syn
仄 zè to tilt / narrow / uneasy / oblique tones (in Chinese poetry) syn
朗朗上口 lǎng lǎng shàng kǒu to flow right off the tongue (of lyrics or poetry) / to recite with ease / catchy (of a song) syn
和歌 hé gē waka (style of Japanese poetry)
能诗善文 能詩善文 néng shī shàn wén highly literate / lit. capable at poetry, proficient at prose
旧诗 舊詩 jiù shī old verse / poetry in the old style syn
旧体诗 舊體詩 jiù tǐ shī poetry in the old style syn
酒筹 酒籌 jiǔ chóu drinking game chips (typically in the form of strips of bamboo inscribed with lines of poetry)
骚体 騷體 sāo tǐ poetry in the style of 離騷|离骚[Li2 Sao1]
古体诗 古體詩 gǔ tǐ shī a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, six or seven characters per line syn
流韵 流韻 liú yùn musical sound / flowing rhythm (of poetry) / cadence
近体诗 近體詩 jìn tǐ shī a genre of poetry, developed in the Tang Dynasty, characterized by its strict form
文学 文學 wén xué literature / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn
笔记 筆記 bǐ jì to take down (in writing) / notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches / CL:本[ben3] syn
塑造 sù zào to model / to mold / (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc) / (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words) syn
征文 徵文 zhēng wén to solicit articles, essays or pieces of literature (on a subject or in commemoration of an event)
文摘 wén zhāi digest (of literature) / to make a digest (of data) / summary
眼帘 眼簾 yǎn lián eyes (in literature) / eyesight syn
小将 小將 xiǎo jiàng (in classical literature) young military officer of high rank for his age / (during the Cultural Revolution) young militant in the Red Guard / (in modern usage) rising star (in sport, politics etc) syn
参考文献 參考文獻 cān kǎo wén xiàn cited material / reference (to the literature) / bibliography
文学作品 文學作品 wén xué zuò pǐn literature / writing / CL:部[bu4]
格调 格調 gé diào style (of art or literature) / form / one's work style / moral character syn
典故 diǎn gù classical story or quote from the literature / the story behind sth syn
古典文学 古典文學 gǔ diǎn wén xué classical literature
遗书 遺書 yí shū posthumous writing / testament / suicide note / ancient literature syn
文学史 文學史 wén xué shǐ history of literature
中国文学 中國文學 zhōng guó wén xué Chinese literature
咱家 zá jiā I / me / my / (often used in early vernacular literature) syn
移情 yí qíng to redirect one's affections / (of literature etc) to cultivate people's character / empathy (i.e. attribution of feelings to an object) / transference (psychology)
巨匠 jù jiàng great master (of literature, music etc) syn
扶桑 fú sāng Fusang, mythical island of ancient literature, often interpreted as Japan syn
庶民 shù mín the multitude of common people (in highbrow literature) / plebeian syn
汉文 漢文 hàn wén Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad
体例 體例 tǐ lì style (of literature) / form
部 bù ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board / classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc syn
四大名著 sì dà míng zhù the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, namely: A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4], Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传[Shui3 hu3 Zhuan4], Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
妄言 wàng yán lies / wild talk / to tell lies / to talk nonsense / fantasy (literature) syn
缠绵悱恻 纏綿悱惻 chán mián fěi cè (of a person) sad beyond words (idiom) / (of music, literature etc) poignant / very sentimental syn
气韵 氣韻 qì yùn (of literature, art) distinct style / flavor / spirit / character syn
意识流 意識流 yì shí liú stream of consciousness (in literature)
盲文 máng wén braille / literature in braille syn
阿来 阿來 ā lái Alai (1959-), ethnic Tibetan Chinese writer, awarded Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2000 for his novel 塵埃落定|尘埃落定[Chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4] "Red Poppies"
希腊文 希臘文 xī là wén Greek literature
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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