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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *图* | 图* | *图
diagram / picture / drawing / chart / map / CL: 張|张 / to plan / to scheme / to attempt / to pursue / to seek
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *签* | 签* | *签
inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag
HSK 5
drawing room (room for arriving guests) / living room / CL: 間|间
HSK 5
drawing / picture
HSK 3
picture / drawing / painting
HSK 2
perspective drawing
engineering graphics / technical drawing
perspective (in drawing)
(writing, drawing, calligraphy etc) to apply oneself to producing practice pieces / a practice piece; an exercise
set square / triangle (for drawing right angles)
(drawing and painting) perspective / (medicine) to perform fluoroscopy; to examine by X-ray / (fig.) to take a penetrating look at sth; to gain insight
rendering (computing) / to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting) / to exaggerate / to embellish
blueprint / drawing / design plans / graph paper
HSK 7-9
with bare hands / unarmed / fighting hand-to-hand / freehand (drawing)
to sketch from nature / to do a still life drawing
engineering graphics / technical drawing
freehand drawing
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *毫* | 毫* | *毫
hair / drawing brush / (in the) least / one thousandth / currency unit, 0.1 yuan
perspective (in drawing)
line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)
HSK 7-9
plane of projection (in perspective drawing)
lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject / uninspired imitation
elevation (architectural drawing)
gold contract / special drawing right (SDR) / paper gold (finance)
perspective drawing
arrogant / full-page proofs (of newspaper) / detailed drawing
special drawing rights (SDR), international currency of the IMF
original drawing, map or picture (as opposed to a copy or a modified version)
drawing (manufacturing process in which hot metal or glass is stretched)
wire drawing / candied floss (cooking) / spun sugar or toffee (coating)
painting technique / drawing method
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *描* | 描* | *描
to depict / to trace (a drawing) / to copy / to touch up
lit. the sun sets in Yanzi (idiom) / fig. the day is drawing to an end / the last days (of a person, a dynasty etc)
perspective drawing
ground plane (in perspective drawing)
line drawing in traditional ink-and-brush style / simple and straightforward style of writing
vigor of strokes in calligraphy or drawing / vigor of style in literary composition
line drawing / diagram / line graph
theory proposed in 2019 on Chinese social media, centering on the idea of China replacing the United States as the dominant nation in a new world order, drawing an analogy with the Manchu overthrow of the Ming dynasty, achieved after the Qing army entered China via the Shanhai Pass 入關|入关
technique of writing, calligraphy or drawing
a sketch / rough drawing
ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring)
brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy / brushwork / style of drawing or writing
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *绠* | 绠* | *绠
(literary) well rope (for drawing water)
freehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style
drawing (textile industry)
rope for drawing water from a well
simple drawing; sketch
ruler (used for drawing lines)
to highlight sth by drawing a circle around it / (fig.) to designate; to delineate
perspective drawing
computer-aided design and drawing
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *喏* | 喏* | *喏
(indicating agreement) yes / all right / (drawing attention to) look! / here! / variant of 諾|诺


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