朦胧诗

朦朧詩
ménglóngshī
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 Misty Poetry
  2. 2 Obscure Poetry

Examples

HSK 1
Wǒ shàng dàxué de shíhou hěn xǐhuan dú ménglóngshī.
When I was at university I loved reading Misty Poetry.
HSK 4
Shū Tíng de 《 Zhì xiàngshù 》 shì ménglóngshī lǐ zuì yǒumíng de zuòpǐn zhīyī.
Shu Ting's "To the Oak" is one of the best-known works of Misty Poetry.

Tips

history
The name began as a complaint: around 1980 critics called these poems 朦胧 "hazy, obscure", and the label stuck. The best-known poets are 北岛, 顾城 and 舒婷, whose short poems work through images and personal feeling.

Stroke Order

朦 méng
胧 lóng
诗 shī