lǐ​sù

letters

Senses

鲤素/ 鯉素 lǐ​sù letters

(literary) correspondence or letters; derived from an old poem where a letter was hidden inside a pair of carp, specifically referring to 尺素 chǐ​sù (a foot of white silk for writing) and 双鲤 shuāng​lǐ (the carp-shaped boxes)

References

see 鲤素/鯉素 尺素/尺素
see 鲤素/鯉素 双鲤/雙鯉
synonym 鲤鱼/鯉魚 鲤素/鯉素
abbreviation 鲤/鯉 鲤素/鯉素