Dictionary › 骈
骈
pián
What 骈 means
- (of a pair of horses) to pull side by side
- to be side by side
- to be fused together
- parallel (literary style)
Other readings
Words starting with 骈
- 骈俪pián lìparallel (sentences); parallel prose
- 骈肩pián jiānshoulder to shoulder
- 骈胁pián xiéfused ribs (physical deformity)
- 骈体pián tǐparallel prose (ancient literary style)
- 骈偶文风pián ǒu wén fēngearly Tang literary style despised as shallow by the classicists
Sounds the same
Read pián, tone for tone, but written differently.
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