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对联
duì lián
parallel couplet (spring couplet)

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What does 对联 mean?

对联 (pinyin: duì lián) means parallel couplet (spring couplet). It belongs to the official HSK 6 vocabulary (mastery), among the most frequent words of everyday Chinese.

Example with 对联

春chūn节jié时shí,家jiā家jiā户hù户hù贴tiē对联duì lián。
During the Spring Festival, every household pastes up couplets.

Character families

Every HSK 1–4 word containing 对 · Every HSK 1–4 word containing 联

The characters of 对联

对duìfor, towards (HSK 4)
联liáncomponent character

Related HSK 6 words

经纬jīng wěilongitude and latitude
武侠wǔ xiámartial arts heroism/wuxia genre
悬崖峭壁xuán yá qiào bìsteep cliffs
泰斗tài dǒuleading authority, giant (in a field)
画蛇添足huà shé tiān zúto gild the lily; superfluous
各抒己见gè shū jǐ jiàneach expresses their own opinion
正负zhèng fùpositive and negative
岂有此理qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐoutrageous; preposterous

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