"Paint" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 yóu qī oil paints / lacquer / to paint / CL:層|层[ceng2]
 tú mǒ to paint / to smear / to apply (makeup etc) / to doodle / to erase / to obliterate
 tú liào paint
 yán liào paint / dye / pigment
 zuò huà to paint
 fěn shuā to paint / to whitewash / emulsion / plaster
 fěn shì to paint / to whitewash / to decorate / plaster / fig. to gloss over / to cover up
 shè sè to paint / to color
 zhuó sè to paint / to apply color
 huì to draw / to paint
 shuā to brush / to paint / to daub / to paste up / to skip class (of students) / to fire from a job
 qī paint / lacquer / CL:道[dao4] / to paint (furniture, walls etc)
 tóu dào first time / first (round, course, coat of paint etc)
 pēn qī to spray paint or lacquer / lacquer
 rǔ jiāo qī latex paint / emulsion paint
 gān zào to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc) / desiccation / dull / uninteresting / arid
 shuāng guǎn qí xià lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom) / fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time
 huà lóng diǎn jīng 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
 tú shì to apply paint, veneer etc / to plaster over / decorative coating / finish / veneer
 tiān nà shuǐ paint thinner
 sū yóu huā butter sculpture (Tibetan art form using paint derived from milk products)
 yóu oil / fat / grease / petroleum / to apply tung oil, paint or varnish / oily / greasy / glib / cunning
 chá to apply (ointment, powder) / to smear / to paint on
 zhū qī (traditional) red paint / red lacquer
 jué rè qī heat-resistant paint
 yǐn jiǔ zuò lè drinking party / to go on a binge / to paint the town red
 hán qiān tú liào lead paint / lead-based paint
  paint tunnel
  European Council of the Paint, Printing Ink and Artists' Colours Industry
 jīn qī copper paint / fake gold leaf
 gǔn tǒng shuā paint roller
 tú bái jì a white paint applied to tree trunks to protect the trees from insect damage etc
 tú qù to obliterate (some words, or part of a picture etc) using correction fluid, ink, paint etc / to paint out / to paint over
 sǎo méi to paint the eyebrows
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