"Drawing" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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绘画 huì huà drawing / painting
图纸 tú zhǐ blueprint / drawing / design plans / graph paper
绘图 huì tú to draw / to draft / drawing / drafting
图画 tú huà drawing / picture
画儿 huà r picture / drawing / painting
图 tú diagram / picture / drawing / chart / map / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to plan / to scheme / to attempt / to pursue / to seek
并条 bìng tiáo drawing (textile industry)
拉制 lā zhì drawing (manufacturing process in which hot metal or glass is stretched)
客厅 kè tīng drawing room (room for arriving guests) / living room / CL:間|间[jian1]
线条 xiàn tiáo line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc)
渲染 xuàn rǎn rendering (computing) / to add washes of ink or color to a drawing (Chinese painting) / to exaggerate / to embellish
原图 yuán tú original drawing, map or picture (as opposed to a copy or a modified version)
写生 xiě shēng to sketch from nature / to do a still life drawing
草图 cǎo tú a sketch / rough drawing
笔触 bǐ chù brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy / brushwork / style of drawing or writing
画法 huà fǎ painting technique / drawing method
笔法 bǐ fǎ technique of writing / calligraphy / or drawing
线图 xiàn tú line drawing / diagram / line graph
工程图 gōng chéng tú engineering graphics / technical drawing
拔丝 bá sī wire drawing / candied floss (cooking) / spun sugar or toffee (coating)
笔力 bǐ lì vigor of strokes in calligraphy or drawing / vigor of style in literary composition
白描 bái miáo line drawing in traditional ink and brush style / simple and straightforward style of writing
透视图 tòu shì tú perspective drawing
大样 dà yàng arrogant / full-page proofs (of newspaper) / detailed drawing
纸黄金 zhǐ huáng jīn gold contract / special drawing right (SDR) / paper gold (finance)
三角板 sān jiǎo bǎn set square / triangle (for drawing right angles)
照猫画虎 zhào māo huà hǔ 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 / uninspired imitation
写意画 xiě yì huà freehand drawing or painting in traditional Chinese style
毫 háo hair / drawing brush / (in the) least / one thousandth / currency unit, 0.1 yuan
签 qiān inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc) / small wood sliver / label / tag
电脑辅助设计与绘图 diàn nǎo fǔ zhù shè jì yǔ huì tú computer-aided design and drawing
划线板 huà xiàn bǎn ruler (used for drawing lines)
工程图学 gōng chéng tú xué engineering graphics / technical drawing
徒手画 tú shǒu huà freehand drawing
投影图 tóu yǐng tú perspective drawing
特别提款权 tè bié tí kuǎn quán special drawing rights (SDR), international currency of the IMF
透视画 tòu shì huà perspective drawing
透视画法 tòu shì huà fǎ perspective drawing
绘图办事员  Drawing Clerk
拟定工程建筑国际合同法律指南  Legal Guide on Drawing up International Contracts for Construction of Industrial Works
扳指 bān zhǐ ornamental thumb ring (originally a ring, often made from jade, worn by archers in ancient times to protect the right thumb when drawing a bowstring)
日薄崦嵫 rì bó Yān zī lit. the sun sets in Yanzi (idiom) / fig. the day is drawing to an end / the last days (of a person, a dynasty etc)
入关学 rù guān xué theory proposed in 2019 on Chinese social media, centering on the idea of China replacing the United States as the dominant nation in a new world order, drawing an analogy with the Manchu overthrow of the Ming dynasty, achieved after the Qing army entered China via the Shanhai Pass 入關|入关[ru4 guan1]
圈定 quān dìng to highlight sth by drawing a circle around it / (fig.) to designate / to delineate
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