shàng​lián

first line of a couplet

上联 上聯 shàng​lián
first line of a couplet
The first line of a pair of rhyming or antithetical couplets; also refers to the first part of a parallel couplet in traditional poetry
to ally
To form an alliance or join together; to associate

Frequency

Written text
2.29 per million

Cross-References

Antonym

Erhua variant of

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)