照片 zhào piàn photograph / picture / CL:張|张[zhang1],套[tao4],幅[fu2] syn 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) syn 拍摄 拍攝 pāi shè to take (a picture) / to shoot (a film) syn 拍照 pāi zhào to take a picture syn 影 yǐng picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace syn 画面 畫面 huà miàn scene / tableau / picture / image / screen (displayed by a computer) / (motion picture) frame / field of view syn 图像 圖像 tú xiàng image / picture / graphic 图片 圖片 tú piàn picture / photograph / CL:張|张[zhang1] syn 影片 yǐng piàn a copy of a film / film / motion picture / movie / (Tw) video / video clip / CL:部[bu4] syn 大局 dà jú overall situation / the big picture syn 偷拍 tōu pāi to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge 头像 頭像 tóu xiàng portrait / bust / (computing) profile picture / avatar 图画 圖畫 tú huà drawing / picture syn 装潢 裝潢 zhuāng huáng to mount (a picture) / to dress / to adorn / decoration / packaging syn 声带 聲帶 shēng dài vocal cords / vocal folds / (motion picture) soundtrack syn 画作 畫作 huà zuò painting / picture 大体 大體 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 syn 图形 圖形 tú xíng picture / figure / diagram / graph / depiction / graphical syn 上色 shàng shǎi to color (a picture etc) / to dye (fabric etc) / to stain (furniture etc) syn 画册 畫冊 huà cè picture album 画框 畫框 huà kuàng picture frame 画图 畫圖 huà tú to draw designs, maps etc / picture (e.g. of life in the city) syn 镜框 鏡框 jìng kuàng picture frame / spectacle frame 遗容 遺容 yí róng the looks of the deceased (esp. in the context of paying one's respects) / picture of the deceased syn 画卷 畫卷 huà juǎn picture scroll 贴画 貼畫 tiē huà pinup picture / poster 全貌 quán mào complete picture / full view 画幅 畫幅 huà fú painting / picture / dimension of a painting 顾全大局 顧全大局 gù quán dà jú to take the big picture into consideration (idiom) / to work for the benefits of all 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 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) syn 失实 失實 shī shí to give a false picture of the situation syn 图景 圖景 tú jǐng landscape (in a picture) / (fig.) landscape (i.e. general situation) / view of the situation / mental picture syn 显像管 顯像管 xiǎn xiàng guǎn CRT used in TV or computer monitor / picture tube / kinescope 遗照 遺照 yí zhào picture of the deceased syn 岩画 巖畫 yán huà rock painting / picture or writing carved on rocks 按图索骥 按圖索驥 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 syn 组图 組圖 zǔ tú picture / image / diagram / map 自拍 zì pāi to take a picture or video of oneself / to take a selfie / selfie 原图 原圖 yuán tú original drawing, map or picture (as opposed to a copy or a modified version) 挂起 掛起 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) 年画 年畫 nián huà New Year (Spring Festival) picture 显像 顯像 xiǎn xiàng to form a picture / to develop a photo / to visualize 春宫 春宮 chūn gōng Crown Prince's chambers / by extension, the Crown Prince / erotic picture syn 小人书 小人書 xiǎo rén shū children's picture story book / CL:本[ben3] syn 招贴画 招貼畫 zhāo tiē huà picture poster (for advertising or propaganda) syn 画儿 畫兒 huà r picture / drawing / painting 艳照 艷照 yàn zhào nude picture 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 图 圖 tú diagram / picture / drawing / chart / map / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to plan / to scheme / to attempt / to pursue / to seek syn 帧 幀 zhèng frame / one of a pair (scrolls) / picture syn 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 画饼充饥 畫餅充飢 huà bǐng chōng jī lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake / to feed on illusions (idiom) syn 张挂 張掛 zhāng guà to hang up (a picture, banner, mosquito net etc) syn 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 syn 不识大体 不識大體 bù shí dà tǐ to fail to see the larger issue (idiom) / to fail to grasp the big picture syn 一叶障目 一葉障目 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 syn 大处着眼 大處著眼 dà chù zhuó yǎn View the big picture while handling the details (idiom). 略图 略圖 lüè tú sketch / sketch map / thumbnail picture 只见树木不见森林 只見樹木不見森林 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 管中窺豹 guǎn zhōng kuī bào lit. to see a leopard through a narrow tube (idiom) / fig. to miss the big picture syn 略见一斑 略見一斑 lüè jiàn yī bān lit. to glimpse just one spot (of the leopard) (idiom) / fig. to get an inkling of the whole picture syn 众盲摸象 眾盲摸象 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 单色画 單色畫 dān sè huà monochrome picture / black and white picture 挂好 掛好 guà hǎo to hang up properly (telephone, picture, clothes etc) 相架 xiàng jià picture frame 角钉 角釘 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 單色照片 dān sè zhào piàn monochrome photo / black and white picture 大处着眼，小处着手 大處著眼，小處著手 dà chù zhuó yǎn , xiǎo chù zhuó shǒu think of the big picture, start with the little things (idiom) 扉画 扉畫 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 構想圖 gòu xiǎng tú notional diagram (i.e. made-up picture or artist's impression for news story) 沙画 沙畫 shā huà sand picture 淫画 淫畫 yín huà obscene picture 烘染 hōng rǎn relief shading (in a picture) / fig. to throw into relief 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 syn 只见树木，不见森林 祇見樹木，不見森林 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 总体上说 總體上說 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 語畫 yǔ huà picture in words 春画 春畫 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 設想一個無毒品世界 Picture a Drug-free World 几米 幾米 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 syn 摆造型 擺造型 bǎi zào xíng to pose (for a picture) 绘本 繪本 huì běn picture book 界画 界畫 jiè huà accurate depiction of architectural forms with the aid of a ruler (technique of Chinese art) / picture created using this technique L照 L zhào nude picture (from 裸照[luo3 zhao4]) 涂去 塗去 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 不顧大局 bù gù dà jú to give no consideration to the bigger picture (usually implying selfishness) 大环境 大環境 dà huán jìng the environment (from a macro perspective) / the broader context / the bigger picture 