七言绝句

七言絕句
qīyán juéjù
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 seven-character quatrain
  2. 2 Tang regulated verse form: four lines of seven characters each

Examples

HSK 7-9
Dù Mù de 《 Qīngmíng 》 shì zhùmíng de qīyán juéjù.
Du Mu's 'Qingming' is a famous seven-character quatrain.
HSK 7-9
Tā zài bǐsài zhōng lǎngsòng le yì shǒu qīyán juéjù.
She recited a seven-character quatrain in the competition.

Tips

culture
Four lines, seven characters each, 28 characters total. Du Mu's 清明 - 清明时节雨纷纷路上行人欲断魂 ('On Qingming the rain falls and falls, travellers on the road are heartbroken') - is the canonical example most Chinese students can recite.
grammar
Strict tonal rules: alternating (level) and (oblique) tones must follow one of four standard patterns. Lines 2 and 4 must rhyme; line 1 may rhyme. Lines 3 and 4 ideally form a parallel couplet but it isn't strictly required as in 律诗.

Stroke Order

yán
jué