粵

駢pin4文man4

simp骈文
pin4 man4pián wén

English

  1. parallel prose
  2. prose style in classical Chinese that displays extensive metrical and verbal parallelism (in couplets which form the main part), ornate language, and extensive allusions, a.k.a. four-six-prose since the metrical pattern of four-syllable and six-syllable lines is the most common

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 以對仗句子為主、辭藻華麗、注重用典嘅文言文文體;由於對仗句通常以四字或六字組成,所以又稱四六文(量詞:篇)

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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