七言绝句 qīyánjuéjù heptasyllabic quatrain Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 七言 qīyán seven-character verse a line of poetry containing seven characters, or a poem consisting of such lines绝句 絕句 juéjù quatrain A form of Chinese poetry consisting of four lines; common types include the five-character quatrain and the seven-character quatrain.