絕句 juéjù quatrain Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 七言绝句 qīyánjuéjù heptasyllabic quatrain form of classical Chinese poetry consisting of four lines with seven characters each五言绝句 wǔyánjuéjù five-character quatrain a poetic form consisting of four lines with five characters per line, following a strict rhyme scheme and tonal pattern