寫生
xiě​shēng

to sketch from nature

  • created sense approved 写生/寫生 · xiě​shēng · to sketch from nature — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    写生 / 寫生

    xiě​shēng

    to sketch from nature

    to paint, draw, or sketch from life, using real people, objects, or scenery as the subject; also refers to a work produced this way

    写, 生

    写 (literal) → 写/寫 · xiě · to paint 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to live

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense