描 miáo

1. miáo verb to copy; to trace
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Art
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '描'; Guoyu '描' v 1; Kroll 2015 '描' 1, p. 306; Unihan '描'; XHZD '描', p. 505)
2. miáo verb to sketch; to depict
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '描'; Guoyu '描' v 2; Unihan '描')

Contained in

• 描写(描寫) to describe; to depict; to portray
• 扫描器(掃描器) scanner
• 描述 to describe
• 勾描 to delineate
• 描绘(描繪) to paint a likeness; to portray ; to describe
• 扫描(掃描) to scan [a landscape] ; to scan [a document] ; to scan [radio frequencies]
• 描述性研究 a descriptive study; descriptive research
• 影像扫描器(影像掃描器) image scanner
• 描红(描紅) to trace over characters
• 素描 to sketch
• 线描(線描) a line drawing
• 描画(描畫) to draw; to describe
• 铁线描(鐵線描) iron-wire drawing
• 超声扫描(超聲掃描) ultrasonic scan
• 描金 to outline in gold
• 描图(描圖) to trace
• 轻描淡写(輕描淡寫) to sketch in light shades; to play down; to deemphasize
• 电脑断层扫描(電腦斷層掃描) CAT scan; CT scan
• 回描 flyback (of electron beam in cathode ray tube); retrace
• 描摹 to trace over; to take a copy (of a calligraphy, a painting etc); (fig.) to describe; to portray
• 隔行扫描(隔行掃描) interlaced scanning
• 逐行扫描(逐行掃描) line by line scanning; progressive scanning
• 扫描仪(掃描儀) scanner (device)
• 人物描写(人物描寫) portrayal
• 越描越黑 the more you touch things up, the darker they get; to only make matters worse
• 数码扫描(數碼掃描) a digital scan

Also contained in

白描 、 资源描述框架 、 网络服务描述语言 、 钉头鼠尾描 、 兰叶描

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第二回 Chapter 14 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 3
• 卷六十五 志第四十一 輿服一 Volume 65 Treatises 41: Carriages and Clothing 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 2
• 第二回 Chapter 16 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 2
• 卷九十三 志第六十九 刑法一 Volume 93 Treatises 69: Punishment and Law 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 2
• 卷九十二 志第四十五 河渠二 Volume 92 Treatises 45: Rivers and Canals 2 History of Song 宋史 — count: 2
• 第二回 Chapter 100 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
• 卷八十八　志第三十八: 　百官四 Volume 88 Treatises 41: Official Posts 4 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 1
• 卷五十八　志第三十九:　百官四 符制 印製 鐵券 官誥 百官俸給 Volume 58 Treatises 39: Official Posts 4 - Counting Systems, Printing, Iron Certificates, Official Proclamations, Official Salaries History of Jin 金史 — count: 1
• 第十三回 Chapter 13 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
• 第七十八回 Chapter 78 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1

Collocations

• 描赔 (描賠) 便叫他四個描賠 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 14 — count: 3
• 堪描 (堪描) 只此堪描入畫圖 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第十四回 Chapter 14 — count: 3
• 难描 (難描) 真乃是難描難畫 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第一百十三回 Chapter 113 — count: 2
• 描补 (描補) 好歹描補描補 — Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢, 第二回 Chapter 16 — count: 2
• 描鸾 (描鸞) 都在那裡刺鳳描鸞做針線 — Journey to the West 西遊記, 第七十二回 Chapter 72 — count: 2
• 描花 (描花) 描花羅襴 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第八十二回 Chapter 82 — count: 2
• 天机描 (天機描) 李龍眠天機描不就 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第五十九回 Chapter 59 — count: 2
• 时描 (時描) 影印時描改為 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十七 黨錮列傳 Volume 67: Biographies of Partisan Prohibitions — count: 2
• 描难 (描難) 真乃是難描難畫 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第一百十三回 Chapter 113 — count: 2
• 描摸 (描摸) 故例又立描摸充軍之條 — History of Ming 明史, 卷九十三 志第六十九 刑法一 Volume 93 Treatises 69: Punishment and Law 1 — count: 2