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.
Tang dynasty poets left behind many excellent lüshi poems.
この律詩は七言で構成されている。
This lüshi is composed in seven-character lines.
seven-character regulated verse
five-character eight-line regulated verse
From Chinese 律詩 (lǜshī), literally 'regulated poem'. The term entered Japanese as a loanword referring to the same poetic form.