律詩 (leot6 si1) — lüshi, a poem with eight lines. In addition to the tonal constraints, this form required parallelism between the lines in the second and third couplets. The lines in these couplets had to contain contrasting content, with the characters in each line usually in the same part of speech. (source: Wikipedia) in Cantonese

leotˍ₆siˉ¹
律诗
Mandarin Pinyin: lu:4 shi1

Meaning of 律詩

nounlüshi, a poem with eight lines. In addition to the tonal constraints, this form required parallelism between the lines in the second and third couplets. The lines in these couplets had to contain contrasting content, with the characters in each line usually in the same part of speech. (source: Wikipedia)

Characters in 律詩

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