JLPT N2Four-character idioms
起承転結
- Meaning
- 文章や物事を構成する四つの順序
- Explanation
- "起承転結" comes from the compositional method of Chinese poetry and expresses the four stages of building up a matter or a piece of writing (introduction, development, turn, conclusion). It is used when explaining the structure of a talk or composition. Taking it literally as bodily movements, like c2's "the action of getting up", is wrong.
Original Japanese explanation
「起承転結」は、漢詩の構成法に由来し、物事や文章を組み立てる四つの順序（起こし・受け継ぎ・転換・結び）を表します。話や作文の構成を説明するときに使います。c2の「起き上がる動作」のように字面どおり体の動きと取るのは誤りです。
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