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"prose" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
散文 sǎn wén prose / essay syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
散文诗 散文詩 sǎn wén shī prose poem
苏轼 蘇軾 sū shì Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡[Su1 Dong1 po1], Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1] and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家[Tang2 Song4 Ba1 Da4 jia1]
古文 gǔ wén old language / the Classics / Classical Chinese as a literary model, esp. in Tang and Song prose / Classical Chinese as a school subject syn
雕琢 diāo zhuó to sculpt / to carve (jade) / ornate artwork / overly elaborate prose syn
欧阳修 歐陽修 ōu yáng xiū Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072), Northern Song dynasty prose writer and historian
抒写 抒寫 shū xiě to express (emotions in prose) / a written description (of emotions) syn
遗墨 遺墨 yí mò posthumous (painting, calligraphy, prose etc) syn
跌宕昭彰 diē dàng zhāo zhāng flowing (of prose) / free
点金成铁 點金成鐵 diǎn jīn chéng tiě to transform gold into base metal (idiom) / fig. to edit sb else's beautiful prose and ruin it 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)
唐宋八大家 táng sòng bā dà jiā Eight Giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动[gu3 wen2 yun4 dong4], namely: Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4], Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元[Liu3 Zong1 yuan2], Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1 yang2 Xiu1], the Three Su father and sons 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1], Wang Anshi 王安石[Wang2 An1 shi2], Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩[Zeng1 Gong3]
散体 散體 sǎn tǐ free prose style
能诗善文 能詩善文 néng shī shàn wén highly literate / lit. capable at poetry, proficient at prose
骈体 駢體 pián tǐ parallel prose (ancient literary style)
骈俪 駢儷 pián lì parallel (sentences) / parallel prose
属文 屬文 zhǔ wén to write prose
辞章 辭章 cí zhāng poetry and prose / rhetoric syn
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
唐宋八大家 táng - sòng bā dà jiā the eight giants of Tang and Song prose, esp. involved in the Classics movement 古文運動|古文运动[gu3wen2 yun4dong4], namely: Han Yu 韓愈|韩愈[Han2 Yu4], Liu Zongyuan 柳宗元[Liu3 Zong1yuan2], Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修[Ou1yang2 Xiu1], the three Su's 三蘇|三苏[San1 Su1], Wang Anshi 王安石[Wang2 An1shi2], Zeng Gong 曾鞏|曾巩[Zeng1 Gong3]
耍笔杆 耍筆桿 shuǎ bǐ gǎn to craft facile prose / to play around with words syn
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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