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照片 zhào piàn photograph / picture / CL:張|张[zhang1],套[tao4],幅[fu2]
画 huà to draw / picture / painting / CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1] / classifier for paintings etc / variant of 劃|划[hua4]
图片 tú piàn image / picture / photograph / CL:張|张[zhang1]
组图 zǔ tú picture / image / diagram / map
画面 huà miàn scene / tableau / picture / image / screen (displayed by a computer) / (motion picture) frame / field of view
图像 tú xiàng image / picture / graphic
图形 tú xíng picture / figure / diagram / graph / depiction / graphical
图画 tú huà drawing / picture
画图 huà tú to draw designs, maps etc / picture (e.g. of life in the city)
画作 huà zuò painting / picture
年画 nián huà New Year (Spring Festival) picture
画幅 huà fú painting / picture / dimension of a painting
相 xiàng appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)
画儿 huà r picture / drawing / painting
影 yǐng picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace
图 tú diagram / picture / drawing / chart / map / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to plan / to scheme / to attempt / to pursue / to seek
自拍 zì pāi to take a picture or video of oneself / to take a selfie / selfie
偷拍 tōu pāi to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
头像 tóu xiàng portrait / bust / (computing) profile picture / avatar
拍照 pāi zhào to take a picture
大局 dà jú overall situation / the big picture
大体 dà tǐ in general / more or less / in rough terms / basically / on the whole / overall situation / the big picture / cadaver for dissection in training medical students
画册 huà cè picture album
原图 yuán tú original drawing, map or picture (as opposed to a copy or a modified version)
画卷 huà juǎn picture scroll
挂起 guà qǐ to hang up (a picture etc) / to hoist up (a flag) / (computing) to suspend (a process) / (of a system) to hang / pending (operation)
上色 shàng shǎi to color (a picture etc) / to dye (fabric etc) / to stain (furniture etc)
显像管 xiǎn xiàng guǎn CRT used in TV or computer monitor / picture tube / kinescope
全貌 quán mào complete picture / full view
童趣 tóng qù qualities that delight children (e.g. bold colors in a picture, anthropomorphized characters in a TV show, the physical challenge of playground equipment)
失实 shī shí to give a false picture of the situation
镜框 jìng kuàng picture frame / spectacle frame
画框 huà kuàng picture frame
图景 tú jǐng landscape (in a picture) / (fig.) landscape (i.e. general situation) / view of the situation / mental picture
顾全大局 gù quán dà jú to take the big picture into consideration (idiom) / to work for the benefits of all
显像 xiǎn xiàng to form a picture / to develop a photo / to visualize
岩画 yán huà rock painting / picture or writing carved on rocks
春宫 chūn gōng Crown Prince's chambers / by extension, the Crown Prince / erotic picture
象形 xiàng xíng pictogram / one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 / of forming Chinese characters / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
小人书 xiǎo rén shū children's picture story book / CL:本[ben3]
按图索骥 àn tú suǒ jì lit. looking for a fine horse using only a picture (idiom) / fig. to do things along rigid, conventional lines / to try and find sth with the help of a clue
招贴画 zhāo tiē huà picture poster (for advertising or propaganda)
贴画 tiē huà pinup picture / poster
遗容 yí róng body of the deceased (esp. in the context of paying one's respects) / picture of the deceased
艳照 yàn zhào nude picture
遗照 yí zhào picture of the deceased
张挂 zhāng guà to hang up (a picture, banner, mosquito net etc)
画饼充饥 huà bǐng chōng jī lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake / to feed on illusions (idiom)
盲人摸象 máng rén mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
象形字 xiàng xíng zì pictogram (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 / of forming Chinese characters) / Chinese character derived from a picture / sometimes called hieroglyph
不识大体 bù shí dà tǐ to fail to see the larger issue (idiom) / to fail to grasp the big picture
帧 zhèng frame / one of a pair (scrolls) / picture
一叶障目 yī yè zhàng mù lit. eyes obscured by a single leaf (idiom) / fig. not seeing the wider picture / can't see the wood for the trees
大处着眼 dà chù zhuó yǎn View the big picture while handling the details (idiom).
只见树木不见森林 zhǐ jiàn shù mù bù jiàn sēn lín unable to see the wood for the trees / fig. only able to see isolated details, and not the bigger picture
管中窥豹 guǎn zhōng kuī bào lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom) / fig. to miss the big picture
略见一斑 lu:è jiàn yī bān lit. to glimpse just one spot (of the leopard) (idiom) / fig. to get an inkling of the whole picture
众盲摸象 zhòng máng mō xiàng multitude of blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
略图 lu:è tú sketch / sketch map / thumbnail picture
挂好 guà hǎo to hang up properly (telephone, picture, clothes etc)
相架 xiàng jià picture frame
只见树木，不见森林 zhǐ jiàn shù mù , bù jiàn sēn lín only see the trees, but not see the forest (idiom, from Mao Zedong, On contradictions 毛澤東|毛泽东, 矛盾論|矛盾论) / to concentrate on minutiae at the expense of the big picture
角钉 jiǎo dīng corner bracket (for securing the corner of a picture frame etc) / brad
全豹 quán bào the full picture (i.e. the whole situation) / panorama
单色照片 dān sè zhào piàn monochrome photo / black and white picture
单色画 dān sè huà monochrome picture / black and white picture
大处着眼，小处着手 dà chù zhuó yǎn , xiǎo chù zhuó shǒu think of the big picture, start with the little things (idiom)
扉画 fēi huà frontpage picture
映像管 yìng xiàng guǎn CRT (cathode ray tube) used in a computer monitor or TV, aka picture tube (Tw) / kinescope
构想图 gòu xiǎng tú notional diagram (i.e. made-up picture or artist's impression for news story)
沙画 shā huà sand picture
淫画 yín huà obscene picture
瞎子摸象 xiā zi mō xiàng blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经[da4 ban1 Nie4 pan2 jing1]) / fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees
总体上说 zǒng tǐ shàng shuō looking at the big picture / all in all / all things considered
蟪蛄不知春秋 huì gū bù zhī chūn qiū lit. short-lived cicada does not know the seasons / fig. to see only a small piece of the big picture
血象 xuè xiàng hemogram / picture of blood used in medical research
语画 yǔ huà picture in words
春画 chūn huà erotic print / pornographic picture
图象自动传输  automatic picture transmission
图像要素  picture element / pixel
气味图 qì wèi tú scent picture
设想一个无毒品世界  Picture a Drug-free World
几米 Jī mǐ Jimmy Liao (1958-), pen name of 廖福彬[Liao4 Fu2 bin1], Taiwanese illustrator and picture book writer
裱背 biǎo bèi to mount a picture / also written 裱褙[biao3 bei4]
裱褙 biǎo bèi to mount a picture
P图 P tú (Internet slang) to photoshop a picture / photoshopped picture
绘本 huì běn picture book
界画 jiè huà accurate depiction of architectural forms with the aid of a ruler (technique of Chinese art) / picture created using this technique
照骗 zhào piàn (Internet slang) flattering photo (pun on 照片[zhao4 pian4]) / photoshopped picture
L照 L zhào nude picture (from 裸照[luo3 zhao4])
涂去 tú qù to obliterate (some words, or part of a picture etc) using correction fluid, ink, paint etc / to paint out / to paint over
不顾大局 bù gù dà jú to give no consideration to the bigger picture (usually implying selfishness)
大环境 dà huán jìng the environment (from a macro perspective) / the broader context / the bigger picture
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