格律

gélǜ
  1. forms of versification
  2. conventions regarding set number of words and lines, choice of tonal patterns and rhyme schemes for various types of Classical Chinese poetic composition
  3. metrical verse

CEDICT

rules and forms for various types of classical Chinese poetic competition (which respect to tonal pattern, rhyme scheme, etc.)

Wiktionary

  1. 法律条令。
  2. 诗、词、曲、赋的平仄、音韵、字数、句数等形式和规律。
  3. 个人生活行为在主观上所遵循法度和规则。

重編國語辭典

  1. 个人生活行为在主观上所遵循法度和规则
  2. 法律条令
  3. 韵文在创作时的格式、音律等方面所应遵守的准则

維基詞典

Entry Composition

1 格 gé
  1. square
  2. frame
  3. rule
  4. (legal) case
  5. style
  6. character
  7. standard
  8. pattern
  9. (grammar) case
  10. (classical) to obstruct
  11. to hinder
  12. (classical) to arrive
  13. to come
  14. (classical) to investigate
  15. to study exhaustively
2 律 lǜ law