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描
描
miao2
 
- to depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy; to touch up
 
| strokes | 
11 | 
| radical | 
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| strokes after radical | 
9 | 
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白描
白描
bai2 miao2
 
- line drawing in traditional ink and brush style; simple and straightforward style of writing
 
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超声扫描
超聲掃描
chao1 sheng1 sao3 miao2
 
- ultrasonic scan
 
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电脑断层扫描
電腦斷層掃描
dian4 nao3 duan4 ceng2 sao3 miao2
 
- CAT scan; CT scan
 
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隔行扫描
隔行掃描
ge2 hang2 sao3 miao2
 
- interlaced scanning
 
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回描
回描
hui2 miao2
 
- flyback (of electron beam in cathode ray tube); retrace
 
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描红
描紅
miao2 hong2
 
- to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write)
 
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描画
描畫
miao2 hua4
 
- to draw; to describe
 
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描绘
描繪
miao2 hui4
 
- to describe; to portray
 
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描金
描金
miao2 jin1
 
- to outline in gold
 
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描摹
描摹
miao2 mo2
 
- to trace over; to take a copy (of a calligraphy, a painting etc); (fig.) to describe; to portray
 
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描述
描述
miao2 shu4
 
- to describe; description
 
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描图
描圖
miao2 tu2
 
- to trace
 
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描写
描寫
miao2 xie3
 
- to describe; to depict; to portray; description
 
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轻描淡写
輕描淡寫
qing1 miao2 dan4 xie3
 
- to sketch in light shades; to play down; to deemphasize (idiom)
 
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人物描写
人物描寫
ren2 wu4 miao2 xie3
 
- portrayal
 
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扫描
掃描
sao3 miao2
 
- to scan
 
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扫描器
掃描器
sao3 miao2 qi4
 
- scanner
 
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扫描仪
掃描儀
sao3 miao2 yi2
 
- scanner (device)
 
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数码扫描
數碼掃描
shu4 ma3 sao3 miao2
 
- a digital scan
 
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素描
素描
su4 miao2
 
- sketch
 
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愈描愈黑
愈描愈黑
yu4 miao2 yu4 hei1
 
- see 越描越黑
 
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越描越黑
越描越黑
yue4 miao2 yue4 hei1
 
- lit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get; fig. to only make matters worse
 
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逐行扫描
逐行掃描
zhu2 hang2 sao3 miao2
 
- line by line scanning; progressive scanning