Δacc between low-frequency and novel xiehouyu is ~23.6% for Chinese frontier LLMs vs ~5.1% for English-centric models and ~2.9% for humans, while LLM-created xiehouyu rate below human creations.
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Reasoning or Memorization: Can LLMs Understand and Generate Chinese Xiehouyu Riddles?
Δacc between low-frequency and novel xiehouyu is ~23.6% for Chinese frontier LLMs vs ~5.1% for English-centric models and ~2.9% for humans, while LLM-created xiehouyu rate below human creations.