technical
literary

Meaning of 格律

格律 means meter and form; rules of classical poetry. Pronounced gé lǜ.

  • meter and form; rules of classical poetry

Definitions & Examples

Xué
diǎn
shī
liǎo
jiě
běn
de
 

To study classical poetry, one must understand the basic rules of meter and form.

Zhè
shǒu
shī
yán
zūn
shǒu
le
yán
jué
de
 

This poem strictly adheres to the metrical rules of a seven-character quatrain.

duì
pái
de
liǎo
zhǐ
zhǎng
 

He knows the metrical patterns of the ci poetry tunes inside out.

Xiàn
dài
shī
le
chuán
tǒng
de
shù
 

Modern poetry broke free from the constraints of traditional meter and form.

Relations

Measure Words

/ tào
Primary
/ zhǒng