形神兼备
xíng​shén​jiān​bèi

excellent in both form and spirit

  • created sense approved 形神兼备/形神兼備 · xíng​shén​jiān​bèi · excellent in both form and spirit — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    形神兼备 / 形神兼備

    xíng​shén​jiān​bèi

    excellent in both form and spirit

    Describing a work of art or literature that perfectly captures both the physical likeness and the internal essence or spirit of its subject.

    形神 (literal) → 形神 · xíng​shén · body and spirit 兼备 (literal) → 兼备/兼備 · jiān​bèi · to have both

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

    created sense