十四行诗

十四行詩
shísìhángshī
noun #28,052

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 sonnet
  2. 2 a fourteen-line poem

Examples

Shāshìbǐyà xiě le hěn duō zhùmíng de shísìhángshī.
Shakespeare wrote many famous sonnets.
Tā zhèngzài fānyì yī shǒu shísìhángshī.
He is translating a sonnet.

Tips

culture
The sonnet form originated in Italy and was popularized in the West. The Chinese term 十四行诗 is a direct calque: 'fourteen-line poem'.

Stroke Order

shí
xíng
shī