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HSK
to describe / description
HSK 4
to describe; to depict; to portray / depiction; portrayal
HSK 4
to scan
HSK 7-9
to describe; to depict; to portray
HSK 7-9
sketch
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *描* | 描* | *描
to depict / to trace (a drawing) / to copy / to touch up
scanner
scanner (device)
(idiom) to treat sth as no big deal / to downplay / to understate
CAT scan / CT scan
to draw / to describe
to trace
to outline in gold
line by line scanning / progressive scanning
line drawing in traditional ink-and-brush style / simple and straightforward style of writing
portrayal
CT scan (computed tomography scan)
flyback (of electron beam in cathode ray tube) / retrace
to trace over / to take a copy (of a calligraphy, a painting etc) / (fig.) to describe / to portray
to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write) / paper printed with red characters to trace over
a digital scan
ultrasonic scan
lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get / fig. to only make matters worse
interlaced scanning


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