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Character Decomposition
描=扌+苗
Etymology
hand
Meanings
to depict
to trace (a drawing)
to copy
to touch up
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Words with 描 48 total
to trace over red characters (as a method of learning to write) · paper printed with red characters to trace over描红miáo hóngto draw · to describe描画miáo huàto describe; to depict; to portray描绘miáo huìto outline in gold描金miáo jīnto trace over · to take a copy (of a calligraphy, a painting etc) · (fig.) to describe · to portray描摹miáo móto describe · description描述miáo shùto trace描图miáo túto describe; to depict; to portray · depiction; portrayal描写miáo xiěsketch素描sù miáoflyback (of electron beam in cathode ray tube) · retrace回描huí miáoto scan扫描sǎo miáoline drawing in traditional ink-and-brush style · simple and straightforward style of writing白描bái miáoscanner (device)扫描仪sǎo miáo yíscanner扫描器sǎo miáo qìinterlaced scanning隔行扫描gé háng sǎo miáo(idiom) to treat sth as no big deal · to downplay · to understate轻描淡写qīng miáo dàn xiěportrayal人物描写rén wù miáo xiěa digital scan数码扫描shù mǎ sǎo miáoCT scan (computed tomography scan)断层扫描duàn céng sǎo miáoultrasonic scan超声扫描chāo shēng sǎo miáolit. the more you touch things up, the darker they get · fig. to only make matters worse越描越黑yuè miáo yuè hēiline by line scanning · progressive scanning逐行扫描zhú háng sǎo miáoCAT scan · CT scan电脑断层扫描diàn nǎo duàn céng sǎo miáo
Idioms with 描 6 total Chain
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