唐诗

唐詩

Tángshī

noun

Meanings

1 Tang poetry
2 a Tang dynasty poem

Characters

Examples

小朋友从小就背唐诗。

Xiǎopéngyǒu cóngxiǎo jiù bèi Tángshī.

Kids memorize Tang poems from a young age.

《唐诗三百首》是最著名的选本。

《 Tángshīsānbǎishǒu 》 shì zuì zhùmíng de xuǎn běn.

'Three Hundred Tang Poems' is the most famous anthology.

他能背上百首唐诗。

Tā néng bèishàng bǎi shǒu Tángshī.

He can recite over a hundred Tang poems.

Tips

culture

The Tang dynasty (618-907) is the golden age of Chinese poetry. The canonical anthology 《唐诗三百首》 (compiled 1763) is still the textbook children use to learn classical verse.

In Pop Culture

李白 Lǐbái

Li Bai

the most famous Tang poet, a household name in China

杜甫 Dùfǔ

Du Fu

Li Bai's contemporary, considered the 'poet-sage'

Stroke Order

唐 Táng

诗 shī