What are the characteristics of couplets?

1, a standard couplet always consists of two parts with opposite directions. The former part is called "Lian", also called "sentence", "duality" and "duality"; The second half is called "bottom link" and "antithesis". These two parts are paired. Only the upper part or the lower part can be regarded as semi-joint.

2. Horizontal comments are an integral part of this kind of couplets. It is often a word, which is summative, makes the finishing point or conforms to the couplet. It is usually four words, but there are also two, three, five and seven words.

3. The couplets are extremely inclusive. They can combine the characteristics of other styles, absorb the expressions of other styles, especially long couplets and super-long couplets, and simply combine China's stylistic techniques.

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1, words are equal and sentences are consistent. In addition to deliberately leaving a place for a word to achieve a certain effect, the number of words in the upper and lower couplets must be the same, neither more nor less.

2. Be straightforward and have a harmonious tone. The traditional habit is to curl up and fall flat, that is, curl up at the end of the last sentence and curl up at the end of the last sentence.

3. Parts of speech should be relative and in the same position, which is called virtual to virtual and real to real, that is, nouns to nouns, verbs to verbs, adjectives to adjectives, quantifiers to quantifiers, adverbs to adverbs and relational words must be in the same position.

4. Be content-related, from top to bottom. The meaning of up and down links must be interrelated, but they cannot be repeated.