歇后语
Traditional form:
歇後語
Pinyin (reading):
xiēhòuyǔ
Definitions:
- anapodoton (a saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part)
Characters:
- 歇 - to stop, to rest, to lodge
- 后 - after; behind, rear; descendants
- 语 - words, language; saying, expression
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