颔 联

hàn liándictionary entry

third and fourth lines (in an eight-line poem) which form a couplet

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Original source entry:

頷聯颔联 [han4 lian2] /third and fourth lines (in an eight-line poem) which form a couplet/

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Other forms in these source records: 頷聯

颔
hàn
chin / to nod (one's assent)
联
lián
(bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join / (bound form) (poetry) antithetical couplet

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