挽 联

wǎn liándictionary entry

pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration

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Original source entry:

輓聯挽联 [wan3 lian2] /pair of parallel verses inscribed on streamers, used as funeral decoration/

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Other forms in these source records: 輓聯

挽
wǎn
to pull / to draw (a cart or a bow) / to roll up / to coil / to carry on the arm / to lament the dead / (fig.) to pull against / to recover / to draw (a cart)
联
lián
(bound form) to ally oneself with / to unite / to combine / to join / (bound form) (poetry) antithetical couplet

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