| | writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL: 支, 枝) / brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy) / (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork / (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character / (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business / (literary) to write (with a brush or pen) | HSK 2 |
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| | calligraphic flourish with many twists / fig. many twists and turns | |
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| | calligraphy / handwriting / penmanship | HSK 5 |
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| | one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom) / (in praise of a piece of writing or calligraphy) each character is perfect / each word is highly valued | |
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| | a bit; a little bit / (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit / (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er / a point (in a discussion etc) / (calligraphy) dot stroke (、) / one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾｜一点钟) | |
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| | (formal, honorific) your writing; your handwriting / pen; calligraphy brush / a large sum of (money) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (of a tree) old and strong / (of calligraphy or painting) bold; vigorous | |
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| | calligraphic style / typeface / font | HSK 7-9 |
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| | ink marks / original calligraphy or painting of famous person | |
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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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| | line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | calligraphic style / font | |
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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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| | superfluous words (in writing) / superfluous strokes (in calligraphy) | |
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| | regular script (Chinese calligraphic style) | |
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| | (idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person | |
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| | like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style | |
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| | Wang Xizhi (303-361), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of calligraphy 書聖｜书圣 | |
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| | as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom); surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy) | |
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| | copybook (for calligraphy) | |
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| | grass script; cursive script (Chinese calligraphic style) | |
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| | to write (by hand) / to practice calligraphy | |
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| | to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting etc) | |
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| | to trace over / to copy (a calligraphy model) / facsimile / (fig.) to depict / to portray | |
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| | person who writes articles - newspapers, magazines, blogs (informal) / scribe / copyist / a talented writer of articles or of calligraphy | |
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| | Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆｜笔, 墨, 紙｜纸 and 硯｜砚 / the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom) | |
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| | clerical script; official script (Chinese calligraphic style) | |
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| | suave / graceful / fluent and elegant (calligraphy) | |
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| | (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒｜正锋 and 側鋒｜侧锋) / (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things | |
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| | to correct an erroneously written character / regular script (calligraphy) / standard form (of a character or spelling) | |
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| | the calligraphic community | |
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| | to create a work of calligraphy for display in a prominent place (typically, a sign) | |
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| | calligraphic style of Liu Gongquan | |
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| | Yan Style (in Chinese calligraphy) | |
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| | the strokes of a character / calligraphy and painting | |
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| | to throw / to cast / left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | lit. the brush flows with the fluidity of a dragon or snake (idiom) / fig. (of brushwork, esp for calligraphy) lively; vigorous | |
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| | wall scroll (for painting or calligraphy) / banner | |
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| | vertical scroll (painting or calligraphy) / vertical shaft (of a machine) | |
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| | wonderful / beautiful (calligraphy) | |
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| | lit. not even one stroke is negligent (idiom) / fig. to write characters (calligraphy) in which every stroke is placed perfectly | |
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| | graffiti / scrawl / poor calligraphy / to write badly / to scribble | |
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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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| | painting and calligraphy | |
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| | technique of writing, calligraphy or drawing | |
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| | policy / plan / scheme / bamboo slip for writing (old) / to whip (a horse) / to encourage / riding crop with sharp spines (old) / essay written for the imperial examinations (old) / upward horizontal stroke in calligraphy | |
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| | flamboyant or bold cursive calligraphy (idiom) | |
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| | authentic (painting or calligraphy) / genuine work (of famous artist) | |
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| | regular script (Chinese calligraphic style) | |
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| | regular script (Chinese calligraphic style) | |
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| | (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at an oblique angle, so that the tip of the brush runs near the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒｜正锋 and 偏鋒｜偏锋) | |
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| | model / pattern / regular script (calligraphic style) | |
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| | felt desk pad for calligraphy | |
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| | running script; semicursive script (Chinese calligraphic style) | |
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| | lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom) / fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc / natural and unforced | |
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| | bone structure and physiognomy / the strength observed in brushstrokes (Chinese calligraphy) | |
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| | calligraphic style | |
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| | calligraphy society / village school (old) / literary society (old) | |
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| | hanging scroll (calligraphy or painting) | |
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| | brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy / brushwork / style of drawing or writing | |
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| | (writing, drawing, calligraphy etc) to apply oneself to producing practice pieces / a practice piece; an exercise | |
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| | to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting) | |
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| | copy (of a document) / book with model calligraphy for copying | |
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| | regular script (Chinese calligraphic style) | |
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| | the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮｜礼 ( 禮儀｜礼仪), music 樂｜乐 ( 音樂｜音乐), archery 射 ( 射箭), charioteering 御 ( 駕車｜驾车), calligraphy or literacy 書｜书 ( 識字｜识字), mathematics or reckoning 數｜数 ( 計算｜计算) / another name for the Six Classics 六經｜六经 | |
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| | Xiping steles, calligraphic work on carved steles of the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD) | |
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| | seal (of office) / seal script (a calligraphic style) / the small seal 小篆 and great seal 大篆 / writing in seal script | |
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| | seal script (Chinese calligraphic style) | |
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| | (of calligraphy) full of power and grace | |
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| | to practice calligraphy from a model | |
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| | axis / axle / spool (for thread) / roller (for scrolls) / classifier for calligraphy rolls etc | |
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| | strength of character / vigorous style (of calligraphy) | |
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| | great calligraphy master / the Sage of Calligraphy, traditional reference to Wang Xizhi 王羲之 (303-361) | |
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| | lit. firebird soars, phoenix alights (idiom) / fig. bold, graceful calligraphy / married couple separated from each other / talented person not given the opportunity to fulfill his potential | |
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| | vigor of strokes in calligraphy or drawing / vigor of style in literary composition | |
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| | fine paper made from bamboo, used for calligraphy, painting etc / also written 毛邊｜毛边 | |
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| | old / aged / (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous / forceful | |
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| | calligraphic style | |
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| | felt desk pad for calligraphy | |
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| | a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting / a faulty expression in writing | |
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| | water pot or goblet (for Chinese calligraphy) | |
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| | regular script (Chinese calligraphic style) | |
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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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| | (Chinese calligraphy) vigor of brushstrokes / fortitude; toughness; spine | |
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| | regular script (Chinese calligraphic style) | |
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| | bird writing, a calligraphic style based on seal script 篆書｜篆书, but with characters decorated as birds and insects | |
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| | Cheng Miao, a jailer-turned-prisoner in the Qin dynasty who created the clerical style of Chinese calligraphy | |
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| | posthumous (painting, calligraphy, prose etc) | |
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| | handsome (of people) / graceful (of calligraphy) | |
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| | (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is kept upright, so that the tip of the brush runs along the center of the stroke (cf. 側鋒｜侧锋 and 偏鋒｜偏锋) | |
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| | to jump / way of stroke in calligraphy | |
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| | variant of 塗鴉｜涂鸦 / graffiti / scrawl / poor calligraphy / to write badly / to scribble | |
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