"Arts" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 gōng yì arts and crafts / industrial arts
 wǔ gōng martial art / military accomplishments / (Peking opera) martial arts feats
 měi shù art / fine arts / painting / CL:種|种[zhong3]
 wǔ xiá martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre) / knight-errant
 wǔ lín martial arts (social) circles
 wǔ xiá xiǎo shuō a martial arts (wuxia) novel
 Shào lín the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school
 shěn měi esthetics / appreciating the arts / taste
 wén kē liberal arts / humanities
 yǎn yì performing arts
 bǐ wǔ martial arts competition / tournament / to compete in a contest
 pēng rèn cooking / culinary arts
 shēn fǎ pose or motion of one's body in martial arts
 xiǎo dào bypath / trail / bribery as a means of achieving a goal / minor arts (Confucian reference to agriculture, medicine, divination, and other professions unworthy of a gentleman)
 yì shù jié arts festival
 xīn ruì cutting-edge (in technology, science, fashion, the arts etc) / novel and competitive / new and dashing
 chū zhāo to make a move (in martial arts or figuratively)
 lěng mén a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc) / fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition
 xí wǔ to practice martial arts
 wén lǐ arts and sciences
 tào lù sequence of movements in martial arts / routine / pattern / standard method
 bǎi huā qí fàng a hundred flowers bloom (idiom) / let the arts have free expression
 sàn dǎ mixed martial arts
 shǒu gōng yì handicraft / arts and crafts
 qín qí shū huà the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting) / the accomplishments of a well-educated person
 yǎn wǔ to practice martial arts
 nu:3 gōng (literary) the feminine arts (e.g. needlework)
 zào xíng yì shù visual arts
 guó shù martial arts
 jié quán dào Jeet Kun Do or Way of the Intercepting Fist, a fusion of Eastern and Western martial arts led by Bruce Lee 李小龍|李小龙[Li3 Xiao3 long2]
 měi láo (Tw) arts and crafts (as a school subject)
 Liù Yì the Confucian Six Arts, namely: rites or etiquette 禮|礼[li3] (禮儀|礼仪[li3 yi2]), music 樂|乐[yue3] (音樂|音乐[yin1 yue4]), archery 射[she4] (射箭[she4 jian4]), charioteering 御[yu4] (駕車|驾车[jia4 che1]), calligraphy or literacy 書|书[shu1] (識字|识字[shi2 zi4]), mathematics or reckoning 數|数[shu4] (計算|计算[ji4 suan4]) / another name for the Six Classics 六經|六经[Liu4 jing1]
 xiè shù talent / ability / capability / martial arts technique / Taiwan pr. [jie3 shu4]
 fāng shù arts of healing, divination, horoscope etc / supernatural arts (old)
 wén xué shì Bachelor of Arts / B.A. / BA / A.B. / Artium Baccalaureus
 yuàn (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc / imperial garden / park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc)
 Lǐ Xiǎo lóng Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert
 wǔ guǎn martial arts school
鸿 Huáng Fēi hóng Wong Fei-hung (1847-1925), martial arts master
 Lǐ Lián jié Li Lianjie or Jet Li (1963-), martial arts sportsman, subsequently film star and director
 Běi jīng Yì shù Xué yuàn Beijing Academy of Fine Arts
 Míng dé Xué yuàn Middlebury College, private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont
 Yǐ tiān Tú lóng Jì Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, wuxia (武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2], martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] and its screen adaptations
 bīng qì shù martial arts involving weapons
 qí néng yì shì extraordinary hero with special abilities / martial arts superhero
 shěn měi huó dòng appreciating the arts / esthetic activity
 Shè Diāo Yīng xióng Zhuàn Legend of the Condor Heroes, wuxia (武俠|武侠[wu3 xia2], martial arts chivalry) novel by Jin Yong 金庸[Jin1 Yong1] and its screen adaptations
 Shǎo lín wǔ gōng Shaolin martial arts
广 Guǎng zhōu Měi shù Xué yuàn Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts
 quán bàng martial arts / lit. fist and staff
 wén kē xué shì Bachelor of Arts B.A.
 Gé lín nài ěr Dà xué Grinnell College (private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, USA)
 wǔ tán martial arts circles
 wǔ yì gāo qiáng highly skilled in martial arts
 tán tuǐ Tantui, a northern school of martial arts boxing
 zōng hé yì shù composite arts / multimedia arts
 Yè Wèn Yip Man (1893-1972), martial arts practitioner, master of Bruce Lee
 biàn cái tiān Saraswati (the Hindu goddess of wisdom and arts and consort of Lord Brahma)
 shuāng jié gùn dào nunchaku martial arts
  European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities
  Special Representative for the Performing Arts
  Special Representative for the Film Arts
  Training and Research Centre for the Performing Arts
  African Arts Fund
  Research Centre for Islamic History, Arts and Culture
  Association nouvelle pour la culture et les arts populaires
  World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture
  International Symposium of the Biennium Arts and Letters
  Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts
  European Training and Research Centre for the Performing Arts
  International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences
  Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts
  Sport and the arts without tobacco
  Institute for the Development of Education, Arts and Leisure
  Arts Committee
  UNICEF Special Representative for the Performing Arts
  Caribbean Festival of Creative Arts
 xíng xiàng yì shù visual arts
 jiào shī yé master of martial arts, in former times often employed by a landlord to teach fighting skills and guard the house / (fig.) sb who arrogantly and condescendingly lectures others
 duàn wèi rank / class / (Japanese martial arts and board games) dan
 tī tuǐ to kick / to do a kick (dancing, martial arts etc)
 sǎn dǎ mixed martial arts
 qín - qí - shū - huà (idiom) the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting) / (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person
 zōng hé gé dòu mixed martial arts (MMA)
 shì yì visual arts
 tī guǎn to challenge an established martial arts school to a fight (to prove one's skills or gain reputation) / (fig.) to prove oneself by competing against those already established in a particular field
 dào guǎn martial arts studio / dojo
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