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duilians

duilians is the plural of duilian.

Meaning of duilian

Noun

duilian (plural duilians)

  1. (Chinese, rhetoric) 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
    Synonyms:
    antithetical couplet, Chinese couplet, couplet, coupled scrolls, duilian couplet

Questions about duilians

What is duilians the plural of?
Duilians is the plural of duilian.

Words near duilians in the dictionary

  1. duiker
  2. duikerbok
  3. duikerboks
  4. duikers
  5. duilian
  6. duilians
  7. Duilius
  8. Duillo
  9. Duirinish
  10. DUIs
  11. Duisburg

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