駢體

骈体
piántǐ
parallel prose (ancient literary style)

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 駢 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 體 tǐ
  1. body
  2. form
  3. style
  4. system
  5. substance
  6. to experience
  7. aspect (linguistics)

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駢體文 piántǐwén

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