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HSK
painter / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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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
picture / drawing / painting
HSK 2
drawing / picture
HSK 3
animated film
HSK 4
caricature / cartoon / Japanese manga
HSK 5
scene / tableau / picture / image / screen (displayed by a computer) / (motion picture) frame / field of view
HSK 5
animation / cartoon
HSK 6
to draw; to paint
HSK 6
mural (painting) / fresco
HSK 7-9
oil painting
HSK 7-9
picture album
HSK 7-9
traditional Chinese painting
HSK 7-9
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 gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily
HSK 7-9
New Year (Spring Festival) picture
HSK 7-9
to sketch out / to delineate
HSK 7-9
Chinese painting
HSK 7-9
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it
HSK 7-9
art exhibition
HSK 7-9
illustration
painting and calligraphy
variant of 計劃|计划
portrait / to do a portrait of sb
strokes of a Chinese character
freehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style
art gallery / decorated corridor
to draw; to paint
(art) painter
painting style
painting technique / drawing method
to apply makeup to the eyebrows / (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
to paint
canvas (artist's painting surface)
strokes of a Chinese character
watercolor / aquarelle
painting brush
picture frame
the strokes of a character / calligraphy and painting
ink and wash painting
to portray
easel
landscape painting
picturesque
picture scroll
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom) / fig. to copy slavishly
illustrated magazine / CL: , , 冊|册,
(idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person
picturesque charm / idyllic appeal / poetic grace
self-portrait
painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty)
to sign / to make one's mark
painting / picture / dimension of a painting
decorated pleasure boat
picture poster (for advertising or propaganda)
to draw / to describe
painting world / painting circles
character scroll / scroll painting
propaganda poster / advertising hoarding
lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom) / fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
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
voice-over / background narration
lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom) / fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities
woodcut; wood engraving
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom) / fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification
to make the sign of the cross / to make a cross (on paper)
accurate depiction of architectural forms with the aid of a ruler (technique of Chinese art) / picture created using this technique
richly ornamented (building)
erotic print / pornographic picture
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
artist's studio / atelier
painting on silk
color painting
perspective drawing
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
obscene picture
variant of 策劃|策划
administrative subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)
pinup picture / poster
children's game played with illustrated cards / pogs / menko (Japan)
variant of 比劃|比划
variant of 企劃|企划
frontpage picture
to describe
variant of 籌劃|筹划
image quality; resolution; definition
cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka)
painting; picture
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
simple drawing; sketch
famous painting
sand picture
to doodle / graffito / doodle
lit. to draw a line on the ground to keep within (idiom) / fig. to impose restrictions on oneself
clay animation / Claymation
to draw a circle
poetry and pictorial art / work of art combining pictures and poetry
rock painting / picture or writing carved on rocks

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