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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
painter / CL: 個|个
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
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
New Year (Spring Festival) picture
HSK 7-9
traditional Chinese painting
HSK 7-9
oil 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 sketch out / to delineate
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
Chinese painting
HSK 7-9
illustration
art gallery / decorated corridor
to draw; to paint
painting brush
painting and calligraphy
variant of 計劃|计划
lianhuanhua (graphic novel)
printmaking / a print
painting technique / drawing method
painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty)
to gesticulate / to make lively gestures (while talking) / also written 比手劃腳|比手划脚
strokes of a Chinese character
to paint
portrait / to do a portrait of sb
to draw designs, maps etc / picture (e.g. of life in the city)
strokes of a Chinese character
freehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style
(art) painter
painting / picture / dimension of a painting
to apply makeup to the eyebrows / (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
erotic print / pornographic picture
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom) / fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification
easel painting
picture frame
the strokes of a character / calligraphy and painting
painting on silk
ink and wash painting
picture scroll
to make the sign of the cross / to make a cross (on paper)
watercolor / aquarelle
painting style
easel
landscape painting
picturesque
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom) / fig. to copy slavishly
illustrated magazine / CL: , , 冊|册,
picture poster (for advertising or propaganda)
painting world / painting circles
to sign / to make one's mark
decorated pleasure boat
undecipherable handwriting / scribblings / (fig.) hypocritical talk
propaganda poster / advertising hoarding
character scroll / scroll painting
lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom) / fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
rough sketch (of a painting) / (of an official) to approve a document by signing it
voice-over / background narration
canvas (artist's painting surface)
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
woodcut; wood engraving
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
accurate depiction of architectural forms with the aid of a ruler (technique of Chinese art) / picture created using this technique
richly ornamented (building)
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
perspective drawing
artist's studio / atelier
picturesque charm / idyllic appeal / poetic grace
self-portrait
color painting
the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting) / the accomplishments of a well-educated person
obscene picture
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
variant of 策劃|策划
administrative subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)
pinup picture / poster
calligrapher and painter
variant of 擘劃|擘划
variant of 比劃|比划
to describe
frontpage picture
variant of 籌劃|筹划
children's game played with illustrated cards / pogs / menko (Japan)
cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka)
rock painting / picture or writing carved on rocks
sand picture
underline
to doodle / graffito / doodle
to portray
subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)

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