dòu
饾
used in "douding"; food arrangement
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesbound morpheme
(used in 饾饤) arrangement of food items on a platter; piling up of ornate literary phrases
literaryThis character is not used independently. It appears in the compound 饾饤 (dòu dìng), which originally referred to an ancient culinary practice of artistically arranging food on plates, and later acquired a figurative meaning in literary criticism: the piling up of allusions and ornate phrases without substance.
Zhè这
piān篇
wén文
zhāng章
zhǐ只
shì是
dòu饾
dìng饤
diǎn典
gù故
，
quē缺
fá乏
zhēn真
qíng情
shí实
gǎn感
。
This article merely piles up classical allusions, lacking genuine feeling.
Gǔ古
dài代
de的
dòu饾
dìng饤
shì是
yī一
zhǒng种
jīng精
zhì致
de的
shí食
wù物
bǎi摆
fàng放
yì艺
shù术
。
The ancient practice of douding was a refined art of food arrangement.
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Xiě写
shī诗
qiè切
jì忌
dòu饾
dìng饤
duī堆
qì砌
。
When writing poetry, one must absolutely avoid piling up ornate phrases.