Definition & Meaning

1.a pair of antithetical phrases/sentences

2.antithetical couplet (written on scrolls, etc., and hung on pillars, etc.)

3.pair of persons or things

duì zi

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n.a pair of antithetical phrases/sentences
- gǔ rén xǐ huan duì duì zi
  古人喜欢对对子。
  Ancients like supply the antithesis to a given phrase.
2
n.antithetical couplet (written on scrolls, etc., and hung on pillars, etc.)
- wǒ huì xiě duì zi
  我会写对子。
  I can write an antithetical couplet.
synonym
duì lián对联
3
n.pair of persons or things
- hù bāng hù xué de duì zi
  互帮互学的对子
  learn-from-each-other-and-help-each-other pair

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