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