声声慢

聲聲慢
Shēngshēngmàn
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Slow, Slow Tune, a ci tune pattern
  2. 2 Li Qingzhao's ci of loss and loneliness written to this pattern

Examples

HSK 7-9
Lǐ Qīngzhào de 《 Shēngshēngmàn 》 yì kāitóu jiù yòng le shísì ge diézì.
Li Qingzhao's 'Slow, Slow Tune' opens with fourteen doubled characters.

Tips

culture
Cited alone, the name nearly always means 李清照's poem. Its fourteen doubled characters are 寻寻觅觅,冷冷清清,凄凄惨惨戚戚 'searching, seeking, cold and quiet, bleak and grieving', written after the fall of the north had cost her husband, home and books.

Stroke Order

声 shēng
慢 màn