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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   a pair of content-related lines with same number of characters, same part of speech in each corresponding word, inverse tone patterns in each corresponding character, oblique tone as the last character of first line; (by extension) a physical object (often a scroll, plaque, or paper strip) inscribed with such text Chinese, rhetoric

Synonyms

All synonyms

antithetical coupletchinese coupletcoupled scrollscoupletduilian couplet

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 對聯 /对联 (duìlián).

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