描 - miáo - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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11 strokes
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描

miáo

Definition

to depict
to trace (a drawing)
to touch up
to retouch
to copy
to sketch
to draw

Character Decomposition

Related words (21)

描写

miáo xiě

to describe; to depict; to portray; description

to trace

to trace over; to take a copy (of a calligraphy, a painting etc); (fig.) to describe; to portray

to draw; to describe

to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write)

描绘

miáo huì

to describe; to portray

描述

miáo shù

to describe; description

to outline in gold

flyback (of electron beam in cathode ray tube); retrace

to scan

line drawing in traditional ink and brush style; simple and straightforward style of writing

sketch

scanner (device)

scanner

portrayal

see 越描越黑

a digital scan

ultrasonic scan

(lit.) the more you touch things up, the darker they get; (fig.) to only make matters worse

逐行扫描

zhú háng sǎo miáo

line by line scanning; progressive scanning

隔行扫描

gé háng sǎo miáo

interlaced scanning

Idioms (1)

轻描淡写

qīng miáo dàn xiě

to sketch in light shades; to play down; to deemphasize (idiom)

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