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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *刷* | 刷* | *刷
a brush / to paint; to daub / to brush; to scrub / (fig.) to remove; to eliminate (from a contest); to fire (from a job) / (onom.) swish; rustle / to swipe (a card) / to scroll on (a phone) / (gaming) to grind; to farm (for experience points, equipment, levels etc)
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *油* | 油* | *油
oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning
HSK 2
to draw; to paint
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *净* | 净* | *净
clean / completely / only / net (income, exports etc) / (Chinese opera) painted face male role
HSK 6
painted shell / painting on shell
latex paint / emulsion paint
gloss paint; glossy varnish; gloss-finish coating
to paint one's face with stage makeup / (neologism, attested by 2014) to expose sb as wrong; to put egg on sb's face
blackboard / painted board on which to make temporary notes with brush pen
(archaeology) Yangshao culture, a Neolithic culture (c. 5000–3000 BC) in the central Yellow River basin, known for painted pottery, millet farming and village settlements
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
to apply color; to color; to paint
to spray paint or lacquer / lacquer
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *漆* | 漆* | *漆
paint / lacquer / CL: / to paint (furniture, walls etc)
HSK 7-9
to draw; to paint; to create artwork
lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom); fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *画* | 画* | *画
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
paint
to paint / to smear / to apply (makeup etc) / to doodle / to erase / to obliterate
heat-resistant paint
marking line (painted on a road to guide motorists) / reticle / graticule
paint roller
oil paints / lacquer / to paint / CL: 層|层
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *涂* | 涂* | *涂
to apply (paint etc) / to smear / to daub / to blot out / to scribble / to scrawl / (literary) mud / street
HSK 7-9
painted eggshell / Easter egg / (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc) / post-credits scene
swimming ability / characteristics of a body of water (depth, currents etc) / aqueous / water-based (paint etc)
painted ornament / livery (on airline or company vehicle)
to paint / to color
paint / dye / pigment
to draw; to paint
to paint / to whitewash / to decorate / plaster / fig. to gloss over / to cover up
first time / first (round, course, coat of paint etc)
base ingredient / base (cooking) / primer (paint)
to paint / to whitewash / emulsion / plaster
(bird species of China) greater painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
red-painted eggs, traditional celebratory gift on third day after birth of new baby
(of paint etc) to peel off; to flake off / (of an insect or snake etc) to molt / (of skin) to peel off due to hard labor, blistering or sunburn etc / (fig.) to go through a grueling experience
(loanword) paint thinner
painted / colored painted-on designs
sth written or painted in one's own hand / (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill / style / hand / (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc / scale
(literary) mythical creature resembling a tiger whose image was painted on prison doors / (literary) prison
to obliterate (some words, or part of a picture etc) using correction fluid, ink, paint etc / to paint out / to paint over
butter sculpture (Tibetan art form using paint derived from milk products)
(slang) alluring / showy / flashy and enticing person / painted Jezebel
painted clay figure
to decorate or finish by applying a coating; to coat (with paint, varnish etc)
to paint by hand; to draw by hand / hand-painted; hand-drawn
to peel off (paint) / (fig.) to be exposed / to lose face (Tw)
drinking party / to go on a binge / to paint the town red
to paint the eyebrows
a white paint applied to tree trunks to protect the trees from insect damage etc
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *搽* | 搽* | *搽
to apply (ointment, powder) / to smear / to paint on
(traditional) red paint / red lacquer
mace (weapon) / (Chinese opera) "tongchui" (painted face role) (abbr. for 銅錘花臉|铜锤花脸)
(bird species of China) painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
clappers (musical instrument used to mark the time, made from ivory or hardwood and painted red)
no way out / nowhere to go / trapped beyond hope of rescue / painted into a corner
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *绘* | 绘* | *绘
to draw; to paint / to depict; to portray
painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty)
copper paint / fake gold leaf


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