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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 chi·as·mus /kaɪˈæzməs, ki-/
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Chi·as·mus n.  Rhet. An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence; thus,
 If e'er to bless thy sons
 My voice or hands deny,
 These hands let useful skill forsake,
 This voice in silence die.   --Dwight.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 chiasmus
      n : inversion in the second of two parallel phrases
      [also: chiasmi (pl)]