对子 (duì zǐ) — antithetical couplet (a pair of matching poetic lines); Spring Festival couplets (春联)
Definition
对子 (duìzi) is a pair of matched poetic lines with parallel structure, character by character. The most common type is 春联 — red couplets pasted on doorways at Spring Festival.
noun
antithetical couplet (a pair of matching poetic lines)Spring Festival couplets (春联)
Measure word · 副
Examples
- ，对子。Chūn jié de shí hou, jiā jiā hù hù dōu huì tiē duì zǐ.During Spring Festival, every household pastes up couplets.
- 对子“”，“”。Zhè fú duì zǐ de shàng lián xiě de shì "tiān zēng suì yuè", xià lián shì "chūn mǎn qián kūn".The first line of this couplet reads 'Heaven adds years,' and the second line 'Spring fills the world.'
- 对子。Tā xiě le yì fú duì zǐ sòng gěi péng you dàng zuò xīn nián lǐ wù.He wrote a pair of couplets and gave them to a friend as a New Year gift.
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