noun
five-character quatrain
A classical Chinese poetic form consisting of four lines, each with five characters. Used in both Chinese and Japanese literary traditions.
李白の五言絶句を暗唱する。
Recite Li Bai's five-character quatrain from memory.
七言絶句 is a seven-character quatrain, while 五言絶句 has five characters per line.
From Chinese 五言絕句 (wǔyán juéjù), literally 'five-character cut-off lines'. The term refers to a specific form of classical Chinese poetry.