- ceiling (of a room); (fig.) upper limit; (slang) the very best (in a given field)
- watercolor
- mural (painting); fresco
- yellow flowers (of various types); chrysanthemum; cauliflower; (yellow) daylily; a young virgin (boy or girl)
- to shelter; to protect; to provide refuge; (law) asylum
- human emotions; social relationship; friendship; favor; a good turn
- modest; self-effacing; to make modest remarks
- to sketch from nature; to do a still life drawing
- medieval; Middle Ages
- to fascinate; to strongly attract; to obsess; to infatuate; to captivate; to enchant
- checked pattern; square box character (in Chinese text) indicating an illegible character
- shawl
- to report (news); report; CL:篇[pian1],份[fen4]
- art; fine arts; painting; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- research institute; academy
- to reward; reward (as encouragement)
- Strauss (name); Johann Strauss (1825-1899), Austrian composer; Richard Strauss (1864-1949), German composer
- that; those; (one) another
- realism
- technique; trick; skill
- Jew
- great master; master
- sage; wise man; clever and knowledgeable person
- to choose
- Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher; José Sócrates (1957-), prime minister of Portugal (2005-2011)
- Charlotte (name)
- umber-black dye for painting the eyebrow
- to use for the purpose of; to serve as
- subject matter
- to give material assistance to
- Annie (name)
- portrait; bust; (computing) profile picture; avatar
- a danger concealed within sth; hidden damage; misfortune not visible from the surface
- charm; grace; elegant bearing (usually feminine)
- materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality