lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing
宾语关系从句賓語關係從句bin1 yu3 guan1 xi4 cong2 ju4
object relative clause
病句病句bing4 ju4
defective sentence; error (of grammar or logic)
陈述句陳述句chen2 shu4 ju4
declarative sentence
词句詞句ci2 ju4
words and sentences
从句從句cong2 ju4
clause
单句單句dan1 ju4
simple sentence (grammar)
倒装句倒裝句dao4 zhuang1 ju4
inversion (rhetoric device of inverting the word order for heightened effect); anastrophe
读破句讀破句du2 po4 ju4
incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point
独语句獨語句du2 yu3 ju4
one-word sentence
短句短句duan3 ju4
clause
断句斷句duan4 ju4
to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing; to punctuate
对句對句dui4 ju2
couplet
反问句反問句fan3 wen4 ju4
rhetorical question
分句分句fen1 ju4
clause (in European grammar)
否定句否定句fou3 ding4 ju4
negative sentence
复句複句fu4 ju4
compound phrase
感叹句感嘆句gan3 tan4 ju4
exclamation; exclamatory phrase
高句丽高句麗gao1 gou1 li2
Goguryeo (37 BC-668 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms
话不投机半句多話不投機半句多hua4 bu4 tou2 ji1 ban4 ju4 duo1
when words get sour, adding words is useless (idiom)
换句话说換句話說huan4 ju4 hua4 shuo1
in other words
假否定句假否定句jia3 fou3 ding4 ju4
false negative
假肯定句假肯定句jia3 ken3 ding4 ju4
false affirmative
警句警句jing3 ju4
aphorism
句读句讀ju4 dou4
pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used); punctuation; periods and commas; sentences and phrases
句逗句逗ju4 dou4
punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used); period 句號|句号 and comma 逗號|逗号; sentences and phrases
句法句法ju4 fa3
syntax
句法分析句法分析ju4 fa3 fen1 xi1
syntactic analysis
句法意识句法意識ju4 fa3 yi4 shi2
syntactic awareness
句号句號ju4 hao4
full stop; period (punct.)
句句实话句句實話ju4 ju4 shi2 hua4
to speak honestly (idiom)
句骊河句驪河ju4 li2 he2
pre-Han name of Liao River 遼河|辽河
句群句群ju4 qun2
discourse; group of sentences with clear meaning; narrative
句容句容ju4 rong2
Jurong county level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江|镇江, Jiangsu
句容市句容市ju4 rong2 shi4
Jurong county level city in Zhenjiang 鎮江|镇江, Jiangsu
句式句式ju4 shi4
sentence pattern; sentence structure; syntax
句首句首ju4 shou3
start of phrase or sentence
句数句數ju4 shu4
number of sentences; number of lines (in verse etc)
句型句型ju4 xing2
sentence pattern (in grammar)
句子句子ju4 zi5
sentence
绝句絕句jue2 ju4
quatrain (poetic form)
肯定并例句肯定並例句ken3 ding4 bing4 li4 ju4
active conjoined sentence
肯定句肯定句ken3 ding4 ju4
affirmative sentence
例句例句li4 ju4
example sentence
炼句煉句lian4 ju4
to polish a phrase
两句兩句liang3 ju4
(say) a few words
觅句覓句mi4 ju4
to search for the right word (of poet)
名句名句ming2 ju4
famous saying; celebrated phrase
命令句命令句ming4 ling4 ju4
imperative sentence
俳句俳句pai2 ju4
haiku
祈使句祈使句qi2 shi3 ju4
imperative sentence
三句话不离本行三句話不離本行san1 ju4 hua4 bu4 li2 ben3 hang2
to talk shop all the time (idiom)
三言两句三言兩句san1 yan2 liang3 ju4
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
诗句詩句shi1 ju4
verse
特指问句特指問句te4 zhi3 wen4 ju4
wh-question (linguistics)
条件句條件句tiao2 jian4 ju4
conditional clause
五言绝句五言絕句wu3 yan2 jue2 ju4
poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line