anadiplosis; rhetorical device
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
same as 顶真; rhetorical device of anadiplosis (chain-linking sentences)
literaryA classical Chinese rhetorical device where the end of one clause becomes the beginning of the next, creating a chain-like effect. Common in poetry and folk songs.
Jūn军
shū书
shí十
èr二
juàn卷
，
juàn卷
juàn卷
yǒu有
yé爷
míng名
。
The military rolls were twelve scrolls, and every scroll bore my father's name.
Hū忽
wén闻
hǎi海
shàng上
yǒu有
xiān仙
shān山
，
shān山
zài在
xū虚
wú无
piāo缥
miǎo缈
jiān间
。
Suddenly I heard there was a fairy mountain on the sea, and the mountain lay in the ethereal mist.
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Dà大
dù肚
néng能
róng容
，
róng容
tiān天
xià下
nán难
róng容
zhī之
shì事
。
A big belly can tolerate; it tolerates what is hard to tolerate in the world.