五ご言ごん絶ぜっ句く

noun

five-character quatrain

A classical Chinese poetic form consisting of four lines, each with five characters. Used in both Chinese and Japanese literary traditions.

• 李り白はくの五ご言ごん絶ぜっ句くを暗あん唱しょうする。

  Recite Li Bai's five-character quatrain from memory.