诗话 in English shi1 hua4 Meaning

Meanings

  • notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old)
  • a genre of narrative literature interspersing prose with poetry, popular in the Tang and Song dynasties

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Pinyin

shi1 hua4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

shi1abbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of Songs hua4dialect