頂真

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Chinese

Etymology 1

 
go against; most; peak
go against; most; peak; top; to replace; to substitute; a measure word (use with "hat")
real; true; genuine
trad. (頂真/頂眞) /
simp. (顶真)

Pronunciation


Adjective

頂真

  1. (dialectal) conscientious; serious

Etymology 2

 
go against; most; peak
go against; most; peak; top; to replace; to substitute; a measure word (use with "hat")
real; true; genuine
trad. (頂真/頂眞) /
simp. (顶真)
alternative forms 頂針顶针

Pronunciation


Noun

頂真

Examples
  • 知止而后有而后能而后能而后能而后能得。 (The Great Learning)
  • 昭明有融,高朗令終令終有俶,公尸嘉。其維何?籩豆靜嘉。朋友攸威儀威儀孔時,君子有孝子孝子不匱,永錫爾類。 (The Book of Poetry)
  1. (rhetoric) anadiplosis

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