Vocabulary: 第四十八章 夜宴
from 永夜君王
- 此刻x1 | Chapter Rank #1173this moment; now; at present
- 书房x2 | Chapter Rank #350study (room); studio; CL:間|间[jian1]
- 灯火x1 | Chapter Rank #1174lights
- 昼x1 | Chapter Rank #1175daytime
- 提笔x1 | Chapter Rank #1176to take up one's pen; to start to write
- 作画x2 | Chapter Rank #351to draw; to paint; to create artwork
- 宣纸x1 | Chapter Rank #1177fine writing paper, originally from Jing county 涇縣|泾县, Xuancheng 宣城, Anhui
- 一幅x3 | Chapter Rank #182
- 仕女图x3 | Chapter Rank #183
- 大致x1 | Chapter Rank #1178more or less; roughly; approximately
- 下笔x1 | Chapter Rank #1179to put pen to paper
- 不疾不徐x1 | Chapter Rank #1180neither too fast nor too slow (idiom)
- 然而x1 | Chapter Rank #1181however; but; yet
- 腕x1 | Chapter Rank #1182wrist; (squid, starfish etc) arm
- 笔意x1 | Chapter Rank #1183
- 灵动x1 | Chapter Rank #1184to be quick-witted
- 粗细x1 | Chapter Rank #1185thick and thin; coarse and fine; thickness (caliber); coarseness; quality of work
- 抑扬x1 | Chapter Rank #1186modulation (rising and falling pitch); intonation; a cadence; to rise and fall (of a body floating in water)
- 顿挫x1 | Chapter Rank #1187a transition (stop and change) in spoken sound, music or in brush strokes; a cadence; punctuated by a transition; with syncopated cadence (brush stroke in painting)
- 浓淡x1 | Chapter Rank #1188shade (of a color, i.e. light or dark)
- 无方x1 | Chapter Rank #1189
- 笔墨x1 | Chapter Rank #1190pen and ink; words; writing
- 淋漓x1 | Chapter Rank #1191dripping wet; pouring; saturated; (fig.) uninhibited; fluid; emotionally unrestrained; extreme
- 气韵x1 | Chapter Rank #1192(of literature, art) distinct style; flavor; spirit; character
- 生动x1 | Chapter Rank #1193(of descriptions, writing etc) vivid; lively
- 画中人x2 | Chapter Rank #352
- 呼之欲出x1 | Chapter Rank #1194lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom); fig. on the verge of coming out into the open; (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed; (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed
- 工笔x1 | Chapter Rank #1195gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description
- 写意x2 | Chapter Rank #353to suggest (rather than depict in detail); freehand style of Chinese painting, characterized by bold strokes rather than accurate detailscomfortable; enjoyable; relaxed
- 结合x1 | Chapter Rank #1196to combine; to link; to integrate; binding; CL:次[ci4]
- 画法x1 | Chapter Rank #1197painting technique; drawing method
- 身姿x2 | Chapter Rank #354the way one carries oneself
- 衣饰x2 | Chapter Rank #355clothes and ornaments
- 浓x1 | Chapter Rank #1198concentrated; dense; strong (smell etc)
- 笔x2 | Chapter Rank #356writing brush; writing implement (pen, pencil etc) (CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]); brushstroke; stroke (in painting or calligraphy); (bound form) style of writing; literary manner; technique of brushwork; (classifier) stroke of a Chinese character; (classifier) sum of money; financial transaction; piece of business; (literary) to write (with a brush or pen)
- 简单x1 | Chapter Rank #1199simple; not complicated
- 姿x1 | Chapter Rank #1200beauty; disposition; looks; appearance
- 气势x2 | Chapter Rank #357imposing manner; loftiness; grandeur; energetic looks; vigor
- 惊人x1 | Chapter Rank #1201astonishing
- 凛冽x2 | Chapter Rank #358biting cold
- 杀x1 | Chapter Rank #1202to kill; to slay; to murder; to attack; to weaken; to reduce; (dialect) to smart; (used after a verb) extremely
- 仿佛x1 | Chapter Rank #1203to seem; as if; seemingly; alike; similar
- 纸x2 | Chapter Rank #359paper (CL:張|张[zhang1],沓[da2]); classifier for documents, letters etc
- 脸部x3 | Chapter Rank #184face
- 浅x1 | Chapter Rank #1204sound of moving watershallow; light (color)
- 线x1 | Chapter Rank #1205thread; string; wire; line; CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3],根[gen1]; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city)
- 细细x1 | Chapter Rank #1206attentive; careful
- 勾勒x1 | Chapter Rank #1207to draw the outline of; to outline; to sketch; to delineate contours of; to give a brief account of
- 眉间x1 | Chapter Rank #1208the flat area of forehead between the eyebrows; glabella
- 微x1 | Chapter Rank #1209surname Wei; ancient Chinese state near present-day Chongqing; Taiwan pr. [Wei2]tiny; miniature; slightly; profound; abtruse; to decline; one millionth part of; micro-; Taiwan pr. [wei2]