Usage of the character 駢
Pián
骈
[駢]
- surname Pian
pián
骈
[駢]
- (of a pair of horses) to pull side by side
- to be side by side
- to be fused together
- parallel (literary style)
piántǐ
骈体
[駢體]
- parallel prose (ancient literary style)
piánjiān
骈肩
[駢肩]
- shoulder to shoulder
piánxié
骈胁
[駢脅]
- fused ribs (physical deformity)
piánlì
骈俪
[駢儷]
- parallel (sentences)
- parallel prose
pián'ǒuwénfēng
骈偶文风
[駢偶文風]
- early Tang literary style despised as shallow by the classicists