挽联 wǎnlián funeral scrolls Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 挽 wǎn to lament to mourn or lament the dead, used in terms for elegies or funeral scrolls; same as 挽 wǎn联 聯 lián couplet (bound form) an antithetical couplet; a pair of poetic lines that are parallel in structure and meaning