辞 | cí | to resign / to dismiss / to decline / (literary) to take leave / (archaic poetic genre) ballad / variant of 詞|词[ci2] |
赋 | fù | poetic essay / taxation / to bestow on / to endow with |
史诗 | shǐ shī | an epic / poetic saga |
诗意 | shī yì | poetry / poetic quality or flavor |
诗情画意 | shī qíng huà yì | picturesque charm / idyllic appeal / poetic grace |
绝句 | jué jù | quatrain (poetic form) |
楚辞 | Chǔ cí | 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 | lǜ shī | regular verse / strict poetic form with eight lines of 5, 6 or 7 syllables and even lines rhyming |
格律 | gé lǜ | 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 tǐ | poetic form or genre |
雅人 | yǎ 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 | hù 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 | yǎ rén shēn zhì | refined pleasure of poetic minds |
五言绝句 | wǔ yán jué jù | poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line |