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"graceful (of calligraphy)" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
隽拔 雋拔 juàn bá handsome (of people) / graceful (of calligraphy)
Chinese Pinyin Translation
轻盈 輕盈 qīng yíng graceful / lithe / light and graceful / lighthearted / relaxed syn
飘洒 飄灑 piāo sǎ suave / graceful / fluent and elegant (calligraphy) syn
鸾飘凤泊 鸞飄鳳泊 luán piāo fèng bó lit. firebird soars, phoenix alights (idiom) / fig. bold, graceful calligraphy / married couple separated from each other / talented person not given the opportunity to fulfill his potential syn
书圣 書聖 shū shèng great calligraphy master / the Sage of Calligraphy, traditional reference to Wang Xizhi 王羲之[Wang2 Xi1 zhi1] (303-361)
优雅 優雅 yōu yǎ grace / graceful syn
优美 優美 yōu měi graceful / fine / elegant syn
风采 風采 fēng cǎi svelte / elegant manner / graceful bearing syn
飘逸 飄逸 piāo yì graceful / elegant / to drift / to float syn
轻巧 輕巧 qīng qiǎo dexterous / deft / easy / light and easy to use / nimble / agile / lithe / graceful syn
窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn
苗条 苗條 miáo tiao (of a woman) slim / slender / graceful syn
秀美 xiù měi elegant / graceful syn
翩翩 piān piān elegant / graceful / smart / to dance lightly syn
风姿 風姿 fēng zī good looks / good figure / graceful bearing / charm syn
清丽 清麗 qīng lì (of writing, scenery, a woman etc) graceful / elegant / charming / beautiful syn
秀气 秀氣 xiù qi delicate / graceful syn
雍容 yōng róng natural / graceful / and poised syn
婀娜 ē nuó (of a woman's bearing) graceful / elegant / lithe syn
惊鸿 驚鴻 jīng hóng graceful (esp. of female posture) / lithe
婉约 婉約 wǎn yuē graceful and subdued (style) syn
花言巧语 花言巧語 huā yán qiǎo yǔ graceful words, flowery speech (idiom) / elegant but insincere words / cheating wheedling / dishonest rhetoric syn
婵娟 嬋娟 chán juān (literary) beautiful woman / (literary) lovely / graceful / (literary) the moon syn
绰约 綽約 chuò yuē (literary) graceful / charming syn
娉婷 pīng tíng (literary) (of a woman) to have a graceful demeanor / beautiful woman syn
娟秀 juān xiù beautiful / graceful syn
俊雅 jùn yǎ (literary) elegant / graceful / refined syn
娴雅 嫻雅 xián yǎ refined / graceful / elegant / serene syn
闲雅 閑雅 xián yǎ elegant / graceful syn
秀 xiù (bound form) refined / elegant / graceful / beautiful / (bound form) superior / excellent / (loanword) show / (literary) to grow / to bloom / (of grain crops) to produce ears syn
娜 nuó elegant / graceful
帅 帥 shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief / (bound form) to lead / to command / handsome / graceful / dashing / elegant / (coll.) cool! / sweet! / (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) syn
娟 juān beautiful / graceful syn
婉 wǎn graceful / tactful syn
绰 綽 chuò (bound form) ample / spacious / (literary) graceful / used in 綽號|绰号[chuo4hao4] and 綽名|绰名[chuo4ming2] syn
奕 yì abundant / graceful
婷 tíng graceful syn
婀 ē graceful / willowy / unstable
窕 tiǎo quiet and secluded / gentle, graceful, and elegant
娉 pīng graceful
娆 嬈 ráo graceful
风姿绰约 風姿綽約 fēng zī chuò yāo graceful / charming / feminine
秀色可餐 xiù sè kě cān a feast for the eyes (idiom) / (of women) gorgeous / graceful / (of scenery) beautiful
风姿绰约 風姿綽約 fēng zī chuò yuē graceful / charming / feminine
婵媛 嬋媛 chán yuán (literary) (of a woman) graceful / (literary) to be interwoven / (literary) to be emotionally involved
嫋 niǎo delicate / graceful
嬝 niǎo delicate / graceful
恬雅 tián yǎ retired and quiet / calm and graceful
袅娜 裊娜 niǎo nuó slim and graceful syn
谐美 諧美 xié měi harmonious and graceful syn
豐採 fēng cǎi variant of 豐采|丰采 or 風采|风采, svelte / elegant manner / graceful bearing
風採 fēng cǎi variant of 風采|风采, svelte / elegant manner / graceful bearing
便嬛 pián xuān (old) graceful
多彩多姿 duō cǎi duō zī elegant and graceful posture / splendid, full of content syn
㛂 nuǒ graceful / frail and petite
曼妙 màn miào (literary) graceful syn
书中自有黄金屋，书中自有颜如玉 書中自有黃金屋，書中自有顏如玉 shū zhōng zì yǒu huáng jīn wū , shū zhōng zì yǒu yán rú yù lit. in books are sumptuous houses and graceful ladies (proverb) / fig. be diligent in your studies, success and glory will follow
娉婷袅娜 娉婷裊娜 pīng tíng - niǎo nuó (idiom) (of a woman) beautiful / graceful / elegant
风姿绰约 風姿綽約 fēng zī - chuò yuē (idiom) graceful / lovely
一点 一點 yī diǎn a bit / a little bit / (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit / (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er / a point (in a discussion etc) / (calligraphy) dot stroke (、) / one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dian3zhong1]) syn
书法 書法 shū fǎ calligraphy / handwriting / penmanship
线条 線條 xiàn tiáo line (in drawing, calligraphy etc) / the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc) syn
书画 書畫 shū huà painting and calligraphy syn
小幅 xiǎo fú by a small margin / slightly (increase or decrease) / (of a painting or a piece of calligraphy) small syn
写字 寫字 xiě zì to write (by hand) / to practice calligraphy
涂鸦 塗鴉 tú yā graffiti / scrawl / poor calligraphy / to write badly / to scribble syn
苍老 蒼老 cāng lǎo old / aged / (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous / forceful syn
写手 寫手 xiě shǒu person who writes articles - newspapers, magazines, blogs (informal) / scribe / copyist / a talented writer of articles or of calligraphy
字画 字畫 zì huà the strokes of a character / calligraphy and painting syn
习作 習作 xí zuò (writing, drawing, calligraphy etc) to apply oneself to producing practice pieces / a practice piece / an exercise
天马行空 天馬行空 tiān mǎ xíng kōng like a heavenly steed, soaring across the skies (idiom) / (of writing, calligraphy etc) bold and imaginative / unconstrained in style syn
条幅 條幅 tiáo fú wall scroll (for painting or calligraphy) / banner
行云流水 行雲流水 xíng yún liú shuǐ lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom) / fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc / natural and unforced syn
临摹 臨摹 lín mó to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting etc) syn
笔触 筆觸 bǐ chù brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy / brushwork / style of drawing or writing syn
败笔 敗筆 bài bǐ a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting / a faulty expression in writing syn
笔法 筆法 bǐ fǎ technique of writing, calligraphy or drawing syn
题写 題寫 tí xiě to create a work of calligraphy for display in a prominent place (typically, a sign) syn
墨迹 墨跡 mò jì ink marks / original calligraphy or painting of famous person syn
王羲之 wáng xī zhī Wang Xizhi (303-361), famous calligrapher of Eastern Jin, known as the sage of calligraphy 書聖|书圣
龙飞凤舞 龍飛鳳舞 lóng fēi fèng wǔ flamboyant or bold cursive calligraphy (idiom) syn
真迹 真跡 zhēn jì authentic (painting or calligraphy) / genuine work (of famous artist) syn
琴棋书画 琴棋書畫 qín qí shū huà the four arts (zither, Go, calligraphy, painting) / the accomplishments of a well-educated person
风骨 風骨 fēng gǔ strength of character / vigorous style (of calligraphy) syn
偏锋 偏鋒 piān fēng (calligraphy) technique in which the shaft of the brush is held at a low angle, so that the tip of the brush runs along the edge of the stroke (cf. 正鋒|正锋[zheng4feng1] and 側鋒|侧锋[ce4feng1]) / (fig.) unorthodox or improper way of doing things
文房四宝 文房四寶 wén fáng sì bǎo Four Treasures of the Study, namely 筆|笔[bi3], 墨[mo4], 紙|纸[zhi3] and 硯|砚[yan4] / the essentials of calligraphy and scholarship (idiom) syn
描摹 miáo mó to trace over / to take a copy (of a calligraphy, a painting etc) / (fig.) to describe / to portray syn
笔力 筆力 bǐ lì vigor of strokes in calligraphy or drawing / vigor of style in literary composition syn
字帖 zì tiè copybook (for calligraphy) syn
立轴 立軸 lì zhóu vertical scroll (painting or calligraphy) / vertical shaft (of a machine)
正字 zhèng zì to correct an erroneously written character / regular script (calligraphy) / standard form (of a character or spelling) syn
六艺 六藝 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]
骨力 gǔ lì (Chinese calligraphy) vigor of brushstrokes / fortitude / toughness / spine syn
摹写 摹寫 mó xiě to trace over / to copy (a calligraphy model) / facsimile / (fig.) to depict / to portray syn
临帖 臨帖 lín tiè to practice calligraphy from a model syn
画 畫 huà to draw / to paint / picture / painting (CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1]) / to draw (a line) (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) / stroke of a Chinese character (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) / (calligraphy) horizontal stroke (variant of 劃|划[hua4]) syn
遗墨 遺墨 yí mò posthumous (painting, calligraphy, prose etc) syn
轴 軸 zhóu axis / axle / spool (for thread) / roller (for scrolls) / classifier for calligraphy rolls etc syn
撇 piě to throw / to cast / left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy) syn
趯 tì to jump / way of stroke in calligraphy
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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