骈体

駢體
piántǐ
parallel prose (ancient literary style)

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 骈 pián
  1. (of a pair of horses) to pull side by side
  2. to be side by side
  3. to be fused together
  4. parallel (literary style)
2 体 tǐ
  1. body
  2. form
  3. style
  4. system
  5. substance
  6. to experience
  7. aspect (linguistics)

Containing this entry

骈体文 piántǐwén

Related entries

骈俪 piánlì
  1. parallel (sentences)
  2. parallel prose