jí​jù

compose a cento

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    集句

    jí​jù

    compose a cento

    to collect and arrange lines from previous poets to form a new poem, lyric, or couplet

    集 (literal) → 集 · jí · to gather 句 (literal) → 句 · jù · sentence

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  • created sense approved 集句 · jí​jù · cento — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    集句

    jí​jù

    cento

    a poem, lyric, couplet, or collection of poems created by arranging lines from various authors

    集 (literal) → 集 · jí · to gather 句 (literal) → 句 · jù · sentence

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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