noun
parallel prose style using four and six-character phrases
A highly ornate classical Chinese prose style characterized by strict parallelism and rhythmic antitheses, often using phrases of four and six characters. A technical term in Chinese and Japanese literary studies.
四六駢儷体は六朝時代に流行した文体である。
The four-six parallel prose style was a literary form popular during the Six Dynasties period.
From Chinese 四六駢儷體 (sìliù piánlì tǐ), literally 'four-six parallel couplet style', referring to the characteristic four- and six-character phrases.