排比

páibǐ
noun #97,942

Meanings

  1. 1 parallelism
  2. 2 parallel construction

Examples

HSK 6
Zhè duàn huà yòng le páibǐ, dú qǐlai hěn yǒu jiézòugǎn.
This passage uses parallelism, which gives it a strong rhythm when read aloud.
HSK 7-9
Xiě zuòwén shí shìdàng yòng yìxiē páibǐ, kěyǐ zēngqiáng wénzhāng de qìshì.
Using some parallelism in an essay can make it more forceful.

Tips

usage
Three or more clauses of the same shape in a row, like 'we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds'. Chinese schools teach it beside 比喻 metaphor and 拟人 personification, and a sentence built this way is a 排比句.

Stroke Order

排 pái
比 bǐ