regulated verse (classical poetry)
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Meanings
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regulated verse; a classical Chinese poetic form
literaryA strict form of traditional Chinese poetry that matured in the early Tang Dynasty. Has fixed rules for tone patterns, rhyme, and parallelism.
Dù杜
Fǔ甫
shì是
chuàng创
zuò作
lǜ律
shī诗
de的
dà大
shī师
。
Du Fu was a master of composing regulated verse.
Zhè这
shǒu首
qī七
yán言
lǜ律
shī诗
duì对
zhàng仗
gōng工
zhěng整
，
yì意
jìng境
shēn深
yuǎn远
。
This seven-character regulated verse has precise parallelism and profound artistic conception.
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Xué学
xí习
lǜ律
shī诗
xū需
yào要
zhǎng掌
wò握
píng平
zè仄
guī规
lǜ律
。
Learning regulated verse requires mastering the rules of level and oblique tones.
《
『登
Dēng高
》
Gāo是
』杜
shì甫
Dù著
Fǔ名
zhù的
míng五
de言
wǔ律
yán诗
。
"Climbing the Height" is Du Fu's famous five-character regulated verse.