起承转合 (起承轉合) qǐ chéng zhuǎn hé

qǐ chéng zhuǎn hé set phrase opening, continuing, turning, and combining
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: A Chinese literary style (Guoyu '起承轉合'; Mathews 1931 '起承轉合', p. 72; Owen 1992, p. 440)