对联

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对联

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Etymology

From 对 ("to face, to contrast > a pair") and 联 ("to link > antithetical verses").

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Noun

对联 (simplified, Pinyin duìlián, traditional 對聯)

1. an antithetical couplet, which usually consists of a pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway