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charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
art / fine arts / painting / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
scroll / book / volume / chapter / examination paper / classifier for books, paintings: volume, scroll
HSK 4
to fax / a fax / (literary) to portray vividly in painting
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *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
person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting
HSK 5
background (of a painting) / backdrop / a foil (to set off something to advantage) / to offset (something to advantage)
HSK 7-9
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
empty-handed / unarmed / (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model / (abbr. for 空手道) karate
(music) fingering / (TCM) manipulation of acupuncture needles / (keyboard) typing technique / (dance) hand movements / (painting) finger method
painting and calligraphy
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *幀* | 幀* | *幀
frame / classifier for paintings etc / Taiwan pr. [zheng4]
(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
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *黛* | 黛* | *黛
umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow
scroll (book or painting)
freehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style
painting style
vertical scroll (painting or calligraphy) / vertical shaft (of a machine)
painting technique / drawing method
canvas (artist's painting surface)
painting brush
the strokes of a character / calligraphy and painting
ink and wash painting
to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting etc)
to suggest (rather than depict in detail) / freehand style of Chinese painting, characterized by bold strokes rather than accurate details
landscape painting
court lady / palace maid / traditional painting of beautiful women
(Taoism) talisman in the form of a painting of symbols thought to have magical powers
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *裱* | 裱* | *裱
to hang (paper) / to mount (painting)
the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting) / 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
to appear vividly on paper (idiom); to show forth vividly (in writing, painting etc) / to stand out markedly
wall scroll (for painting or calligraphy) / banner
(of a tree) old and strong / (of calligraphy or painting) bold; vigorous
white face / face painting in Beijing opera etc
gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description
painting / picture / dimension of a painting
authentic (painting or calligraphy) / genuine work (of famous artist)
painting world / painting circles
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
ink marks / original calligraphy or painting of famous person
rough sketch (of a painting) / (of an official) to approve a document by signing it
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
short comment or critical appraisal added at the end of a text, on a painting etc
ink (used in painting)
to put down the brush; to stop writing (or painting)
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)
extremely large (of paintings, photographs etc)
sb's original handwriting or painting
painting on silk
color painting
brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy / brushwork / style of drawing or writing
painting
hanging scroll (calligraphy or painting)
painting of birds and flowers
addressee / name of recipient on painting or scroll
to finish (a letter, a painting) at a stroke
inscription with name, date, or short sentence, on a painting, gift, letter etc / to write such an inscription
to trace over / to take a copy (of a calligraphy, a painting etc) / (fig.) to describe / to portray
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)
posthumous (painting, calligraphy, prose etc)
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
to smudge (become smeared) / to smudge (create a blurred effect) / shading (wash painting technique)
to stop writing or painting / to leave off writing midway
thangka (Tibetan Buddhist scroll painting)
nude (painting, sculpture etc)
famous painting
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
scroll painting
full arm (method of painting)
against the bristles (brush movement in painting)
easel painting
to start writing or painting (lit. "wet the brush")
contending for supreme beauty (esp. of flowers, scenery, painting etc) / vying in beauty and glamor
painting; picture
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)
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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