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骈体
pián​tǐ

parallel prose

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
骈体 駢體 pián​tǐ
parallel prose
A rhythmic literary style characterized by formal parallelism, ornate language, and balanced sentence structures; it was especially popular during the Six Dynasties period.

Frequency

Written text
0.036 per million

Cross-References

Antonym

  • 散体 sǎn​tǐ

Synonym

  • 四六体 sì​liù​tǐ

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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