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画
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Definitions
- 1. to draw
- 2. picture
- 3. painting
- 4. CL:幅
- 5. 張|张[zhāng]
Example Sentences
1 shown画 家 画 画 。
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Words Containing 画
painting technique
painting brush
underline
perspective drawing
to equate
portrait
famous painting
art gallery
subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)
felt desk pad for calligraphy
placard; poster
to draw; to paint
to draw a circle
lit. to draw a line on the ground to keep within (idiom)
lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom)
picturesque charm
freehand drawing
rock painting
propaganda poster
painting world
strokes of a Chinese character
voice-over
artist's studio
watercolor
to portray
mural (painting)
pinup 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
to make the sign of the cross
printmaking
administrative subdivision (e.g. of provinces into counties)
richly ornamented (building)
obscene picture
famous painter
to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom)
the idea is present before the first stroke of the brush, when the last stroke is placed the idea shines through
color painting
animation
undecipherable handwriting
erotic print
woodcut; wood engraving
to gesticulate while talking (idiom)
to draw designs, maps etc
picture frame
painting; picture
computer animation
easel
easel painting
poetry and pictorial art
to sign
to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom)
(bird species of China) Taiwan hwamei (Garrulax taewanus)
Chinese painting
lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom)
monochrome picture
illustrated magazine
rage comic
animated film
New Year (Spring Festival) picture
descriptive geometry (three-dimensional geometry using projections and elevations)
painting and calligraphy
picture in words
character scroll
to draw
caricature
decorated pleasure boat
scene
the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting)
to paint
to try to draw a tiger but end up with a likeness of a dog (idiom)
to describe
picturesque
oil painting
freehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom)
picture album
stroke count (number of brushstrokes of a Chinese character)
painting on silk
lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous
perspective drawing
lianhuanhua (graphic novel)
drawing
rough sketch (of a painting)
traditional Chinese painting
frontpage picture
picture scroll
self-portrait
to apply makeup to the eyebrows
accurate depiction of architectural forms with the aid of a ruler (technique of Chinese art)
to gesticulate
clay animation
landscape painting
ink and wash painting
picture
sand picture
strokes of a Chinese character
painting style
the strokes of a character
painter
calligrapher and painter
painting
to doodle
felt desk pad for calligraphy
cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka)
illustration
art exhibition
lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake
to sketch out
picture poster (for advertising or propaganda)
(of scenery) stunning
to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch
see 畫地為牢|画地为牢[huà dì wéi láo]
painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty)
canvas (artist's painting surface)
drawing
illustrator
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom)