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HSK
painter / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
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  *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
picture / drawing / painting
HSK 2
scene / tableau / picture / image / screen (displayed by a computer) / (motion picture) frame / field of view
HSK 5
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
picture album
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
painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty)
to draw; to paint
painting brush
painting style
painting / picture / dimension of a painting
picture scroll
image quality; resolution; definition
to draw designs, maps etc / picture (e.g. of life in the city)
art gallery / decorated corridor
painting technique / drawing method
artist's studio / atelier
canvas (artist's painting surface)
picture frame
(art) painter
illustrated magazine / CL: , , 冊|册,
to apply makeup to the eyebrows / (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
decorated pleasure boat
character scroll / scroll painting
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
lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake / to feed on illusions (idiom)
easel
to sign / to make one's mark
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
portrait / to do a portrait of sb
painting; picture
descriptive geometry (three-dimensional geometry using projections and elevations)
voice-over / background narration
to make the sign of the cross / to make a cross (on paper)
paintbrush
lit. to draw a line on the ground to keep within (idiom) / fig. to impose restrictions on oneself
to draw a circle
felt desk pad for calligraphy
rough sketch (of a painting) / (of an official) to approve a document by signing it
to equate / to consider (two things) to be equivalent
to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom) / mother's admirable dedication to her children's education
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


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