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"poor calligraphy" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
涂鸦 塗鴉 tú yā graffiti / scrawl / poor calligraphy / to write badly / to scribble syn
涂鸭 塗鴨 tú yā variant of 塗鴉|涂鸦[tu2 ya1] / graffiti / scrawl / poor calligraphy / to write badly / to scribble
Chinese Pinyin Translation
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
垃圾 lā jī trash / refuse / garbage / (coll.) of poor quality / Taiwan pr. [le4 se4] syn
穷人 窮人 qióng rén poor people / the poor syn
虚弱 虛弱 xū ruò weak / in poor health syn
恶劣 惡劣 è liè vile / nasty / of very poor quality syn
贫穷 貧窮 pín qióng poor / impoverished syn
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
写字 寫字 xiě zì to write (by hand) / to practice calligraphy
施舍 施捨 shī shě to give in charity / to give alms (to the poor) syn
俗气 俗氣 sú qì tacky / inelegant / in poor taste / vulgar / banal syn
低俗 dī sú vulgar / poor taste syn
劣质 劣質 liè zhì shoddy / of poor quality syn
贫民 貧民 pín mín poor people syn
穷光蛋 窮光蛋 qióng guāng dàn poor wretch / pauper / destitute man / poverty-stricken peasant / penniless good-for-nothing / impecunious vagabond syn
窘迫 jiǒng pò poverty-stricken / very poor / hard-pressed / in a predicament / embarrassed syn
书法 書法 shū fǎ calligraphy / handwriting / penmanship
劣等 liè děng poor-quality / inferior syn
墨迹 墨跡 mò jì ink marks / original calligraphy or painting of famous person syn
败笔 敗筆 bài bǐ a faulty stroke in calligraphy or painting / a faulty expression in writing syn
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
低档 低檔 dī dàng low-grade / of low worth or rank / poor quality / inferior syn
稀松 稀鬆 xī sōng poor / sloppy / unconcerned / heedless / lax / unimportant / trivial / loose / porous syn
贫富 貧富 pín fù poor and rich
贫苦 貧苦 pín kǔ poverty-stricken / poor syn
贫瘠 貧瘠 pín jí barren / infertile / poor syn
条幅 條幅 tiáo fú wall scroll (for painting or calligraphy) / banner
苍老 蒼老 cāng lǎo old / aged / (of calligraphy or painting) vigorous / forceful syn
除暴安良 chú bào ān liáng to root out the strong and give people peace (idiom) / to rob the rich and give to the poor syn
背光 bèi guāng to be in a poor light / to do sth with one's back to the light / to stand in one's own light syn
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
贫寒 貧寒 pín hán poor / poverty-stricken / impoverished syn
临摹 臨摹 lín mó to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting etc) syn
长空 長空 cháng kōng (literary) the vast sky / (finance) eventual downturn / poor prospects in the long term syn
真迹 真跡 zhēn jì authentic (painting or calligraphy) / genuine work (of famous artist) syn
习作 習作 xí zuò (writing, drawing, calligraphy etc) to apply oneself to producing practice pieces / a practice piece / an exercise
笔触 筆觸 bǐ chù brush stroke in Chinese painting and calligraphy / brushwork / style of drawing or writing syn
清贫 清貧 qīng pín poor but upright / destitute syn
笔力 筆力 bǐ lì vigor of strokes in calligraphy or drawing / vigor of style in literary composition syn
书画 書畫 shū huà painting and calligraphy syn
字画 字畫 zì huà the strokes of a character / calligraphy and painting syn
见笑 見笑 jiàn xiào to mock / to be ridiculed / to incur ridicule through one's poor performance (humble) syn
笔法 筆法 bǐ fǎ technique of writing, calligraphy or drawing syn
贫贱 貧賤 pín jiàn poor and lowly syn
家徒四壁 jiā tú sì bì lit. with only four bare walls for a home (idiom) / fig. very poor / wretched syn
穷国 窮國 qióng guó poor country
哭穷 哭窮 kū qióng to bewail one's poverty / to complain about being hard up / to pretend to be poor
小幅 xiǎo fú by a small margin / slightly (increase or decrease) / (of a painting or a piece of calligraphy) small syn
抱病 bào bìng to be ill / to be in poor health syn
题写 題寫 tí xiě to create a work of calligraphy for display in a prominent place (typically, a sign) syn
龙飞凤舞 龍飛鳳舞 lóng fēi fèng wǔ flamboyant or bold cursive calligraphy (idiom) syn
飘洒 飄灑 piāo sǎ suave / graceful / fluent and elegant (calligraphy) syn
风骨 風骨 fēng gǔ strength of character / vigorous style (of calligraphy) syn
贫农 貧農 pín nóng poor peasant
扶贫 扶貧 fú pín assistance to the poor / poverty alleviation syn
较差 較差 jiào chà mediocre / rather poor / not specially good
写手 寫手 xiě shǒu person who writes articles - newspapers, magazines, blogs (informal) / scribe / copyist / a talented writer of articles or of calligraphy
贫困地区 貧困地區 pín kùn dì qū poor region / impoverished area
贫富差距 貧富差距 pín fù chā jù disparity between rich and poor
贫道 貧道 pín dào poor Taoist syn
差事 chà shì poor / not up to standard syn
贫僧 貧僧 pín sēng poor monk (humble term used by monk of himself)
差评 差評 chà píng poor evaluation / adverse criticism
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
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
党参 黨參 dǎng shēn poor man's ginseng (Codonopsis pilosula) / codonopsis root (used in TCM) syn
标准普尔 標準普爾 biāo zhǔn pǔ ěr Standard and Poor's (S&P), company specializing in financial market ratings / S&P financial index
虚火 虛火 xū huǒ excess of internal heat due to poor general condition (TCM) / the prestige of another person, which one borrows for oneself syn
清苦 qīng kǔ destitute but honest / poor and simple / spartan / austere syn
倒霉蛋 dǎo méi dàn (coll.) poor devil / unfortunate man
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
富农 富農 fù nóng rich peasant / social class of people farming their own land, intermediate between land-owner class 地主[di4 zhu3] and poor peasant 貧農|贫农[pin2 nong2]
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
寒门 寒門 hán mén poor and humble family / my family (humble) syn
济贫 濟貧 jì pín to help the poor syn
描摹 miáo mó to trace over / to take a copy (of a calligraphy, a painting etc) / (fig.) to describe / to portray syn
清寒 淸寒 qīng hán poor / underprivileged / (of weather) crisp and clear 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)
贫下中农 貧下中農 pín xià zhōng nóng (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants)
柴门 柴門 chái mén lit. woodcutter's family / humble background / poor family background syn
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]
糟糠 zāo kāng chaff, husks, distillers' dregs etc (food eaten by the poor) / (fig.) rubbish / junk / (abbr. for 糟糠妻[zao1 kang1 qi1]) wife who goes through the hardships of poverty with her husband syn
贫弱 貧弱 pín ruò poor and feeble 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
菜 cài vegetable / greens (CL:棵[ke1]) / dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]) / (of one's skills etc) weak / poor / (coll.) (one's) type syn
菲 fěi poor / humble / unworthy / radish (old) syn
穷 窮 qióng poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly 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
寒 hán cold / poor / to tremble syn
贫 貧 pín poor / inadequate / deficient / garrulous syn
敝 bì my (polite) / poor / ruined / shabby / worn out / defeated syn
歉收 qiàn shōu crop failure / poor harvest syn
摹写 摹寫 mó xiě to trace over / to copy (a calligraphy model) / facsimile / (fig.) to depict / to portray 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)
骨力 gǔ lì (Chinese calligraphy) vigor of brushstrokes / fortitude / toughness / spine syn
锄强扶弱 鋤強扶弱 chú qiáng fú ruò to root out the strong and support the weak (idiom) / to rob the rich and give to the poor syn
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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