词话

詞話
cíhuà
form of writing novels that comprise lots of poetry in the body of the text, popular in the Ming Dynasty

CEDICT

  1. 以随笔体裁品评词句，论述词调源流及作家得失的书。体裁略如诗话。如人间词话。
  2. 一种宋、元以后民间流传的说唱文学。以散文叙事，杂以韵文咏唱。其韵文或为整齐　句的诗讚，或为不整齐句的词、曲、小调。较着名者为《金瓶梅词话》。

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Entry Composition

=1 词 cí old variant of 词 cí
=1 词 cí
  1. word
  2. statement; speech; lyrics

classifier: 首
=2 话 huà
  1. dialect
  2. language
  3. spoken words
  4. speech
  5. talk
  6. words
  7. conversation
  8. what sb said

classifiers: 種, 席, 句, 口, 番
=2 话 huà old variant of 话 huà

Containing this entry

金瓶梅词话 Jīn Píng Méi Cí Huà Jinpingmei or the Golden Lotus (1617), Ming dynasty vernacular novel, formerly notorious and banned for its sexual content