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miáo

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Definitions

  1. 1. to depict
  2. 2. to trace (a drawing)
  3. 3. to copy
  4. 4. to touch up

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Words Containing 描

扫描
sǎo miáo

to scan

描写
miáo xiě

to describe

描绘
miáo huì

to describe

描述
miáo shù

to describe

素描
sù miáo

sketch

人物描写
rén wù miáo xiě

portrayal

回描
huí miáo

flyback (of electron beam in cathode ray tube)

愈描愈黑
yù miáo yù hēi

see 越描越黑[yuè miáo yuè hēi]

扫描仪
sǎo miáo yí

scanner (device)

扫描器
sǎo miáo qì

scanner

描图
miáo tú

to trace

描摹
miáo mó

to trace over

描画
miáo huà

to draw

描红
miáo hóng

to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write)

数码扫描
shù mǎ sǎo miáo

a digital scan

白描
bái miáo

line drawing in traditional ink-and-brush style

超声扫描
chāo shēng sǎo miáo

ultrasonic scan

越描越黑
yuè miáo yuè hēi

lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get

轻描淡写
qīng miáo dàn xiě

(idiom) to treat sth as no big deal

逐行扫描
zhú háng sǎo miáo

line by line scanning

隔行扫描
gé háng sǎo miáo

interlaced scanning

电脑断层扫描
diàn nǎo duàn céng sǎo miáo

CAT scan

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