烹饪 烹飪 pēng rèn cooking / culinary arts syn 艺人 藝人 yì rén performing artist / actor syn 即兴 即興 jí xìng improvisation (in the arts) / impromptu / extemporaneous syn 演技 yǎn jì acting / performing skills 花招 huā zhāo trick / maneuver / razzle-dazzle / (martial arts) fancy move / flourish syn 美术 美術 měi shù art / fine arts / painting / CL:種|种[zhong3] syn 招数 招數 zhāo shù move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts) / gambit / trick / scheme / movement / same as 著數|着数[zhao1 shu4] syn 解数 解數 xiè shù talent / ability / capability / martial arts technique / Taiwan pr. [jie3 shu4] syn 比武 bǐ wǔ martial arts competition / tournament / to compete in a contest 小道 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) syn 武林 wǔ lín martial arts (social) circles 套路 tào lù sequence of movements in martial arts / routine / pattern / standard method syn 工艺 工藝 gōng yì arts and crafts / industrial arts 段子 duàn zi item of storytelling or performed dialogue (folk arts) / sketch syn 武功 wǔ gōng martial art / military accomplishments / (Peking opera) martial arts feats syn 冷门 冷門 lěng mén a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc) / fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition syn 少林 shào lín the Shaolin monastery and martial arts school 审美 審美 shěn měi esthetics / appreciating the arts / taste syn 习武 習武 xí wǔ to practice martial arts 艺术节 藝術節 yì shù jié arts festival 手工艺 手工藝 shǒu gōng yì handicraft / arts and crafts 文科 wén kē liberal arts / humanities 散打 sàn dǎ mixed martial arts 飞檐走壁 飛檐走壁 fēi yán zǒu bì to leap onto roofs and vault over walls (usually associated with martial arts) 新锐 新銳 xīn ruì cutting-edge (in technology, science, fashion, the arts etc) / novel and competitive / new and dashing syn 临场 臨場 lín chǎng to be at the scene (sitting for an exam, performing, competing, giving directions etc) / firsthand (experience) / impromptu (remarks etc) syn 着数 著數 zhāo shù move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts) / gambit / trick / scheme / movement / same as 招數|招数[zhao1 shu4] syn 公使 gōng shǐ minister / diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations 武德 wǔ dé ethics (in the military or the martial arts) 武侠 武俠 wǔ xiá martial arts chivalry (Chinese literary, theatrical and cinema genre) / knight-errant syn 文理 wén lǐ arts and sciences 点穴 點穴 diǎn xué to hit a pressure point (martial arts) / dim mak / see also 點脈|点脉[dian3 mai4] 百花齐放 百花齊放 bǎi huā qí fàng a hundred flowers bloom (idiom) / let the arts have free expression syn 路数 路數 lù shù stratagem / method / approach / (martial arts) movement / social connections / (sb's) background story syn 国术 國術 guó shù martial arts syn 武侠小说 武俠小說 wǔ xiá xiǎo shuō a martial arts (wuxia) novel 招式 zhāo shì (martial arts) formalized move 身法 shēn fǎ pose or motion of one's body in martial arts 出招 chū zhāo to make a move (in martial arts or figuratively) 中招 zhòng zhāo (martial arts) to get hit / to get taken down / (fig.) to get infected (disease or computer virus) / (fig.) to fall for sb's trap / to be taken in 马步 馬步 mǎ bù (martial arts) horse stance (with legs wide apart, as when riding a horse) 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 表演艺术 表演藝術 biǎo yǎn yì shù performing 演武 yǎn wǔ to practice martial arts syn 招法 zhāo fǎ move (in chess or martial arts) syn 女红 女紅 nǚ gōng (literary) the feminine arts (e.g. needlework) 造型艺术 造型藝術 zào xíng yì shù visual arts 截拳道 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] 美劳 美勞 měi láo (Tw) arts and crafts (as a school subject) 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] 不插电 不插電 bù chā diàn unplugged (of rock musicians performing on acoustic instruments) 方术 方術 fāng shù arts of healing, divination, horoscope etc / supernatural arts (old) 拜 bài to bow to / to pay one's respects / (bound form) to extend greetings (on a specific occasion) / to make a courtesy call / (bound form) (of a monarch) to appoint sb to (a position) by performing a ceremony / to acknowledge sb as one's (master, godfather etc) / (used before some verbs to indicate politeness) syn 苑 yuàn (literary) enclosed area for growing trees, keeping animals etc / imperial garden / park / (literary) center (of arts, literature etc) syn 李小龙 李小龍 lǐ xiǎo lóng Bruce Lee (1940-1973), Hong Kong actor and martial arts expert 武馆 武館 wǔ guǎn martial arts school 优伶 優伶 yōu líng (old) performing artist / actor / actress syn 文学士 文學士 wén xué shì Bachelor of Arts / B.A. / BA / A.B. / Artium Baccalaureus 二节棍 二節棍 èr jié gùn nunchaku (weapon with two rods joined by a short chain, used in martial arts) 黄飞鸿 黃飛鴻 huáng fēi hóng Wong Fei-hung (1847-1925), martial arts master 李连杰 李連傑 lǐ lián jié Li Lianjie or Jet Li (1963-), martial arts sportsman, subsequently film star and director 末位淘汰 mò wèi táo tài sacking the worst-performing employee / elimination of the worst-performing contestant 表演艺术特别代表 Special Representative for the Performing Arts 表演艺术训练和研究中心 Training and Research Centre for the Performing Arts 欧洲表演艺术训练研究中心 歐洲表演藝術訓練研究中心 European Training and Research Centre for the Performing Arts 儿基会表演艺术特别代表 兒基會表演藝術特別代表 UNICEF Special Representative for the Performing Arts 综合艺术 綜合藝術 zōng hé yì shù composite arts / multimedia arts 白冰冰 bái bīng bīng Pai Ping-ping (well-known Taiwan performing artist) 因公殉职 因公殉職 yīn gōng xùn zhí to die in the course of performing one's duty (idiom) 辍演 輟演 chuò yǎn to stop performing a play / to interrupt a stage run 高增长亚洲经济体 高增長亞洲經濟体 gāo zēng zhǎng yà zhōu jīng jì tǐ high performing Asian economies 慢半拍 màn bàn pāi (music) a half-beat behind / (fig.) rather slow (in performing a task, comprehending etc) 北京艺术学院 北京藝術學院 běi jīng yì shù xué yuàn Beijing Academy of Fine Arts 倚天屠龙记 倚天屠龍記 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 兵器术 兵器術 bīng qì shù martial arts involving weapons 奇能异士 奇能異士 qí néng yì shì extraordinary hero with special abilities / martial arts superhero 审美活动 審美活動 shěn měi huó dòng appreciating the arts / esthetic activity 射雕英雄传 射鵰英雄傳 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 少林武功 shǎo lín wǔ gōng Shaolin martial arts 广州美术学院 廣州美術學院 guǎng zhōu měi shù xué yuàn Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts 拳棒 quán bàng martial arts / lit. fist and staff syn 文科学士 文科學士 wén kē xué shì Bachelor of Arts B.A. 旋风脚 旋風腳 xuàn fēng jiǎo whirlwind kick (martial arts) 格林奈尔大学 格林奈爾大學 gé lín nài ěr dà xué Grinnell College (private liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, USA) 武坛 武壇 wǔ tán martial arts circles 武艺高强 武藝高強 wǔ yì gāo qiáng highly skilled in martial arts 沃尔夫奖 沃爾夫獎 wò ěr fū jiǎng the Wolf Prize (for science and arts) 潭腿 tán tuǐ Tantui, a northern school of martial arts boxing 叶问 葉問 yè wèn Yip Man (1893-1972), martial arts practitioner, master of Bruce Lee 着法 著法 zhāo fǎ move (in chess or martial arts) 辩才天 辯才天 biàn cái tiān Saraswati (the Hindu goddess of wisdom and arts and consort of Lord Brahma) 双节棍道 雙節棍道 shuāng jié gùn dào nunchaku martial arts 欧洲艺术、科学和人文科学学院 歐洲藝術、科學和人文科學學院 European Academy of Arts, Sciences and Humanities 电影艺术特别代表 Special Representative for the Film Arts 非洲艺术基金 非洲藝術基金 African Arts Fund 伊斯兰历史艺术文化研究中心 伊斯蘭歷史藝術文化研究中心 Research Centre for Islamic History, Arts and Culture 人民文化艺术新协会 人民文化藝術新協會 Association nouvelle pour la culture et les arts populaires 世界黑人非洲人文化艺术节 世界黑人非洲人文化藝術節 World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture 两年期艺术和文学国际专题讨论会 兩年期藝術和文學國際專題討論會 International Symposium of the Biennium Arts and Letters 