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HSK
painter / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
picture / drawing / painting
HSK 2
scene / tableau / picture / image / screen (displayed by a computer) / (motion picture) frame / field of view
HSK 5
picture album
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *畫* | 畫* | *畫
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
painting; picture
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
art gallery / decorated corridor
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it
HSK 7-9
to draw designs, maps etc / picture (e.g. of life in the city)
painting style
lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake / to feed on illusions (idiom)
portrait / to do a portrait of sb
to draw a circle
artist's studio / atelier
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
rough sketch (of a painting) / (of an official) to approve a document by signing it
picture scroll
paintbrush
decorated pleasure boat
lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom) / fig. to confine oneself to a restricted range of activities
illustrated magazine / CL: , , 冊|册,
to draw; to paint
voice-over / background narration
to apply makeup to the eyebrows / (bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
image quality; resolution; definition
art exhibition
HSK 7-9
painting brush
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
character scroll / scroll painting
painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty)
canvas (artist's painting surface)
painting world / painting circles
easel
felt desk pad for calligraphy
(art) painter
to make the sign of the cross / to make a cross (on paper)
lit. to draw a line on the ground to keep within (idiom) / fig. to impose restrictions on oneself
descriptive geometry (three-dimensional geometry using projections and elevations)
painting / picture / dimension of a painting
to sign / to make one's mark
to equate / to consider (two things) to be equivalent
picture frame
painting technique / drawing method
to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom) / mother's admirable dedication to her children's education


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