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HSK
animation / cartoon
HSK 6
watercolor / aquarelle
printmaking / a print
to portray
Chinese painting
HSK 7-9
animated film
HSK 4
lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom) / fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
oil painting
HSK 7-9
freehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style
(of scenery) stunning / spectacular / picturesque
sand picture
painting; picture
art gallery / decorated corridor
to draw; to paint; to create artwork
to draw designs, maps etc / picture (e.g. of life in the city)
landscape painting
(idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person
caricature / cartoon / Japanese manga
HSK 5
color painting
painting style
lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake / to feed on illusions (idiom)
famous painting
mural (painting) / fresco
HSK 7-9
New Year (Spring Festival) picture
HSK 7-9
woodcut; wood engraving
portrait / to do a portrait of sb
picture album
HSK 7-9
to draw / to describe
underline
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom) / fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification
rock painting / picture or writing carved on rocks
traditional Chinese painting
HSK 7-9
frontpage picture
picture poster (for advertising or propaganda)
to draw a circle
artist's studio / atelier
to doodle / graffito / doodle
pinup picture / poster
drawing / picture
HSK 3
to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom) / to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it
(bird species of China) Taiwan hwamei (Garrulax taewanus)
poetry and pictorial art / work of art combining pictures and poetry
scene / tableau / picture / image / screen (displayed by a computer) / (motion picture) frame / field of view
HSK 5
the strokes of a character / calligraphy and painting
rough sketch (of a painting) / (of an official) to approve a document by signing it
to gesticulate / to make lively gestures (while talking) / also written 比手劃腳|比手划脚
picture scroll
accurate depiction of architectural forms with the aid of a ruler (technique of Chinese art) / picture created using this technique
self-portrait
paintbrush
decorated pleasure boat
to draw; to paint
HSK 6
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
to describe
lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom) / fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities
freehand drawing
illustrated magazine / CL: , , 冊|册,
to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch / the crucial point that brings the subject to life / a few words to clinch the point
HSK 7-9
painting and calligraphy
to draw; to paint
voice-over / background narration
to apply makeup to the eyebrows / (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it
HSK 7-9
image quality; resolution; definition
felt desk pad for calligraphy
painting brush
strokes of a Chinese character
to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom) / to try to do sth overambitious and end up botching it
painter / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
character scroll / scroll painting
children's game played with illustrated cards / pogs / menko (Japan)
propaganda poster / advertising hoarding
the idea is present before the first stroke of the brush, when the last stroke is placed the idea shines through
erotic print / pornographic picture
cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka)
subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)
famous painter
rage comic
calligrapher and painter
painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty)
administrative subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)
picture in words
canvas (artist's painting surface)
obscene picture
painting world / painting circles
strokes of a Chinese character
simple drawing; sketch
picture / drawing / painting
HSK 2
lianhuanhua (graphic novel)
stroke count (number of brushstrokes of a Chinese character)
perspective drawing
easel
felt desk pad for calligraphy
picturesque charm / idyllic appeal / poetic grace
undecipherable handwriting / scribblings / (fig.) hypocritical talk
painting on silk
illustration
easel painting
(art) painter

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