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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *畫* | 畫* | *畫
to draw; to paint / picture; painting (CL:,張|张) / to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划) / stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划) / (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划)
HSK 2
picture / drawing / painting
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *提* | 提* | *提
to carry (hanging down from the hand) / to lift / to put forward / to mention / to raise (an issue) / upwards character stroke / lifting brush stroke (in painting) / scoop for measuring liquid
HSK 2
art / fine arts / painting / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *染* | 染* | *染
to dye / to catch (a disease) / to acquire (bad habits etc) / to contaminate / to add color washes to a painting
HSK 5
to fax / a fax / (literary) to portray vividly in painting
HSK 5
person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
HSK 5
mural (painting) / fresco
HSK 7-9
oil painting
HSK 7-9
traditional Chinese painting
HSK 7-9
portrait (painting, photo etc) / (in a general sense) representation of a person / likeness
HSK 7-9
Chinese painting
HSK 7-9
background (of a painting) / backdrop / a foil (to set off something to advantage) / to offset (something to advantage)
HSK 7-9
empty-handed / unarmed / (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model / (abbr. for 空手道) karate
nude (painting, sculpture etc)
(of a flower) vividly colorful and fragrant / (of a woman) captivating; charming / (of writing or a painting etc) lifelike; vivid
(drawing and painting) perspective / (medicine) to perform fluoroscopy; to examine by X-ray / (fig.) to take a penetrating look at sth; to gain insight
painting style
painting technique / drawing method
canvas (artist's painting surface)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *幀* | 幀* | *幀
frame / classifier for paintings etc / Taiwan pr. [zheng4]
ink (used in painting)
painting brush
the strokes of a character / calligraphy and painting
ink and wash painting
to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting etc)
landscape painting
(Taoism) talisman in the form of a painting of symbols thought to have magical powers
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *裱* | 裱* | *裱
to hang (paper) / to mount (painting)
(idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person
(painting) still life
to put pen to paper; to start writing or painting
a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting / a faulty expression in writing
wall scroll (for painting or calligraphy) / banner
(of a tree) old and strong / (of calligraphy or painting) bold; vigorous
gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description
painting / picture / dimension of a painting
white face / face painting in Beijing opera etc
authentic (painting or calligraphy) / genuine work (of famous artist)
painting
character scroll / scroll painting
to touch up (a piece of writing) / to add details (to a painting)
to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting)
fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc / also written 毛邊|毛边
court lady / palace maid / traditional painting of beautiful women
to alter (text) / to change by painting over / to correct (with correction fluid)
blue-and-green landscape (genre of landscape painting originating in the Tang dynasty, in which blues and greens predominate)
to inscribe a poem (often, composed on the spot) on a painting, fan or ceramic bowl etc as a work of calligraphy / an inscribed poem
to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc) / to stand out markedly
to put down the brush; to stop writing (or painting)
rough sketch (of a painting) / (of an official) to approve a document by signing it
old / aged / (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous / forceful
to polish (a piece of writing) / to add a few finishing touches to (a piece of writing, painting etc)
ink marks / original calligraphy or painting of famous person
painting on silk
hanging scroll (calligraphy or painting)
extremely large (of paintings, photographs etc)
(music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method
to start writing or painting (lit. "wet the brush")
painting and calligraphy
color painting
to stop writing or painting / to leave off writing midway
posthumous (painting, calligraphy, prose etc)
painting of birds and flowers
addressee / name of recipient on painting or scroll
inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc / to write such an inscription
rendering (computing) / to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting) / to exaggerate / to embellish
by a small margin / slightly (increase or decrease) / (of a painting or a piece of calligraphy) small
thangka (Tibetan Buddhist scroll painting)
painting; picture
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黛* | 黛* | *黛
umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow
famous painting
to smudge (become smeared) / to smudge (create a blurred effect) / shading (wash painting technique)
empty wrist (method of painting)
rock painting / picture or writing carved on rocks
bristles lying down (brush movement in painting)
painted shell / painting on shell
to finish (a letter, a painting) at a stroke
scroll (book or painting)
scroll painting
full arm (method of painting)
to suggest (rather than depict in detail) / freehand style of Chinese painting, characterized by bold strokes rather than accurate details
freehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style
sb's original handwriting or painting
against the bristles (brush movement in painting)
to trace over / to take a copy (of a calligraphy, a painting etc) / (fig.) to describe / to portray
easel painting
contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc) / vying in beauty and glamor
painting world / painting circles
vertical scroll (painting or calligraphy) / vertical shaft (of a machine)
brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy / brushwork / style of drawing or writing
short comment or critical appraisal added at the end of a text, on a painting etc
recreative seal, bearing not the owner's name but a well-known verse or such, and used for artistic purposes on paintings etc
refined activities of the intellectuals (regarding literature, paintings etc)
a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes / a cadence / punctuated by a transition / with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting)
talisman in the form of a painting of symbols thought to have magical powers (also called 符籙|符箓) / to invoke the magical power of such a talisman / a tiger tally 虎符 sent with great urgency
to touch up a painting


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