báihuàshī

白话诗

Word · NounTraditional白話詩

vernacular poetry; new poetry

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Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

noun

vernacular poetry; new poetry written in vernacular Chinese

literary

A historical term referring to the modern poetry movement that emerged after the May Fourth Movement (1919), which broke from the strict rules and classical language of traditional Chinese poetry.

Hú胡
Shì适
shì是
bái白
huà话
shī诗
yùn运
dòng动
de的
zhòng重
yào要
chàng倡
dǎo导
zhě者
 。

Hu Shi was an important advocate of the vernacular poetry movement.

Zhè这
piān篇
kè课
wén文
shōu收
lù录
le了
yī一
shǒu首
zhù著
míng名
de的
bái白
huà话
shī诗
 。

This textbook includes a famous vernacular poem.

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Yǔ与
gǔ古
diǎn典
shī诗
cí词
bù不
tóng同
 ,
bái白
huà话
shī诗
gèng更
jiē接
jìn近
kǒu口
yǔ语
 。

Unlike classical poetry, vernacular poetry is closer to spoken language.

Xīn新
wén文
huà化
yùn运
dòng动
cù促
jìn进
le了
bái白
huà话
shī诗
de的
pǔ普
jí及
 。

The New Culture Movement promoted the popularization of vernacular poetry.