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to resign / to dismiss / to decline / (literary) to take leave / (archaic poetic genre) ballad / variant of 詞|词[ci2]
poetic essay / taxation / to bestow on / to endow with
史诗 shǐ shī an epic / poetic saga
诗意 shī poetry / poetic quality or flavor
诗情画意 shī qíng huà picturesque charm / idyllic appeal / poetic grace
绝句 jué quatrain (poetic form)
楚辞 Chǔ Songs of Chu, an anthology of poetic songs, many from the state of Chu 楚[Chu3], collected in the Han dynasty 漢朝|汉朝[Han4chao2]
律诗 shī regular verse / strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming
格律 forms of versification / conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of tonal patterns and rhyme schemes for various types of Classical Chinese poetic composition / metrical verse
诗体 shī poetic form or genre
雅人 rén poetic individual / person of refined temperament
风流韵事 fēng liú yùn shì poetic and passionate (idiom); romance / love affair
韵事 yùn shì poetic occasion / elegant situation / in literature, the cue for a poem
兰舟 lán zhōu lit. boat made of lily magnolia wood / poetic term for boat
暗香疏影 àn xiāng shū yǐng (poetic depiction of plum blossom)
互文 wén paired phrases (poetic device)
劝善惩恶 quàn shàn chéng è to encourage virtue and punish evil (idiom); fig. poetic justice / you get what's coming to you
雅人深致 rén shēn zhì refined pleasure of poetic minds
五言绝句 yán jué poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line


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