律りっ詩し

noun

lüshi; regulated verse

A classical Chinese poetic form with strict tonal and structural rules, consisting of eight lines of five or seven characters. Used in Japanese contexts when discussing Chinese poetry.

• 唐とう代だいの詩し人じんたちは多おおくの優すぐれた律りっ詩しを残のこした。

  Tang dynasty poets left behind many excellent lüshi poems.

• この律りっ詩しは七しち言ごんで構こう成せいされている。

  This lüshi is composed in seven-character lines.