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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
to draw; to paint
HSK 6
animation / cartoon
HSK 6
New Year (Spring Festival) picture
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 sketch out / to delineate
HSK 7-9
oil painting
HSK 7-9
traditional Chinese painting
HSK 7-9
picture album
HSK 7-9
mural (painting) / fresco
HSK 7-9
to gesticulate while talking (idiom) / to explain by waving one's hands / to criticize or give orders summarily
HSK 7-9
art exhibition
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
Chinese painting
HSK 7-9
printmaking / a print
painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty)
to draw; to paint
(idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting); (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person
painting brush
painting style
painting / picture / dimension of a painting
strokes of a Chinese character
illustration
picture scroll
image quality; resolution; definition
to draw designs, maps etc / picture (e.g. of life in the city)
picturesque charm / idyllic appeal / poetic grace
picturesque
the strokes of a character / calligraphy and painting
art gallery / decorated corridor
painting technique / drawing method
artist's studio / atelier
canvas (artist's painting surface)
painting and calligraphy
picture frame
(art) painter
to portray
illustrated magazine / CL: , , 冊|册,
rock painting / picture or writing carved on rocks
lianhuanhua (graphic novel)
to apply makeup to the eyebrows / (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
decorated pleasure boat
to paint
famous painting
cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka)
character scroll / scroll painting
to draw / to describe
lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom) / fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities
painting world / painting circles
richly ornamented (building)
lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake / to feed on illusions (idiom)
painting on silk
easel
picture poster (for advertising or propaganda)
to sign / to make one's mark
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
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom) / fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification
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
variant of 擘劃|擘划
obscene picture
frontpage picture
variant of 企劃|企划
portrait / to do a portrait of sb
strokes of a Chinese character
erotic print / pornographic picture
poetry and pictorial art / work of art combining pictures and poetry
variant of 計劃|计划
subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)
color painting
painting; picture
watercolor / aquarelle
picture in words
to describe
ink and wash painting
(of scenery) stunning / spectacular / picturesque
landscape painting
descriptive geometry (three-dimensional geometry using projections and elevations)
variant of 籌劃|筹划
simple drawing; sketch
sand picture
voice-over / background narration
to doodle / graffito / doodle
woodcut; wood engraving
to make the sign of the cross / to make a cross (on paper)
freehand drawing
computer animation
propaganda poster / advertising hoarding
paintbrush
lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom) / fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
perspective drawing
undecipherable handwriting / scribblings / (fig.) hypocritical talk
easel painting
to gesticulate / to make lively gestures (while talking) / also written 比手劃腳|比手划脚
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