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 沙子 shā zi sand / grit / CL:粒[li4],把[ba3] 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 沙袋 shā dài sandbag / punching bag (trad. filled with sand) syn 声带 聲帶 shēng dài vocal cords / vocal folds / (motion picture) soundtrack syn 画作 畫作 huà zuò painting / picture 沙丘 shā qiū sand dune / sandy hill syn 沙包 shā bāo sandbag / punching bag (trad. filled with sand) / sand dune / footbag / hacky sack syn 沙尘暴 沙塵暴 shā chén bào sand and dust storm syn 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 沙地 shā dì sandy beach or river bank / sand dune / sandy land syn 沙坑 shā kēng sandbox / jumping pit (athletics) / sand trap, bunker (golf) 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 沙砾 沙礫 shā lì grains of sand syn 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 砂石 shā shí sandstone / sand and stone / aggregate syn 掩耳盗铃 掩耳盜鈴 yǎn ěr dào líng lit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell / to deceive oneself / to bury one's head in the sand (idiom) syn 贴画 貼畫 tiē huà pinup picture / poster 沙尘 沙塵 shā chén airborne sand and dust 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 风沙 風沙 fēng shā sand blown by wind / sandstorm 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 细沙 細沙 xì shā fine sand 沙石 shā shí sand and stones 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 砂子 shā zi sand syn 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) 磨砂 mó shā to scrub with an abrasive / to sand / frosted (e.g. glass) 年画 年畫 nián huà New Year (Spring Festival) picture 沙漏 shā lòu hourglass / sand filter 沙盘 沙盤 shā pán sand table (military) / 3D terrain (or site) model (for real estate marketing, geography class etc) / sand tray (on which to write characters) syn 沙粒 shā lì grain of sand 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 骨料 gǔ liào aggregate (sand or gravel used in concrete 混凝土) 沙雕 沙鵰 shā diāo sand sculpture 艳照 艷照 yàn zhào nude picture 泥沙俱下 ní shā jù xià mud and sand flow together (idiom) / good and bad mingle 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 图 圖 tú diagram / picture / drawing / chart / map / CL:張|张[zhang1] / to plan / to scheme / to attempt / to pursue / to seek syn 沙 shā granule / hoarse / raspy / sand / powder / CL:粒[li4] / abbr. for Tsar or Tsarist Russia syn 帧 幀 zhèng frame / one of a pair (scrolls) / picture syn 砂 shā sand / gravel / granule / variant of 沙[sha1] syn 射影 shè yǐng (geometry) projection / (Chinese mythology) creature that spits sand to make people ill 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 聚沙成塔 jù shā chéng tǎ sand grains accumulate to make a tower a tower (idiom) / by gathering small amounts one gets a huge quantity / many a mickle makes a muckle syn 张挂 張掛 zhāng guà to hang up (a picture, banner, mosquito net etc) syn 散沙 sǎn shā scattered sand / fig. lacking in cohesion or organization 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 恒河沙数 恆河沙數 héng hé shā shù countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom) syn 油砂 yóu shā oil sand (mining) 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 鲫 鯽 jì bastard carp / sand perch syn 一盘散沙 一盤散沙 yī pán sǎn shā lit. like a sheet of loose sand / fig. unable to cooperate (idiom) 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 含沙量 hán shā liàng sand content / quantity of sediment (carried by a river) 鸵鸟政策 鴕鳥政策 tuó niǎo zhèng cè ostrich policy (sticking one's head in the sand, failing to acknowledge danger) 漏脯充饥 漏脯充飢 lòu fǔ chōng jī to bury one's head in the sand (idiom) 画荻教子 畫荻教子 huà dí jiào zǐ to write on the sand with reeds while teaching one's son (idiom) / mother's admirable dedication to her children's education 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 海砂 hǎi shā sea sand (sand of the ocean floor or seashore) 