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对联

duì lián

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 對聯 Measure word 副、幅

对联 (duì lián) means "rhyming couplet; pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 对联 means

1. rhyming couplet
2. pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway

The characters in 对联

• 对duìright; correct; towards; at; for; concerning; regarding
• 联lián(bound form) to ally oneself with; to unite; to combine; to join…

Where 对联 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · duì–lüè (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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