created sense approved 意存笔先，画尽意在/意存筆先，畫盡意在 · yìcúnbǐxiānhuàjìnyìzài · the idea remains after the painting is finished — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
意存笔先，画尽意在 / 意存筆先，畫盡意在
yìcúnbǐxiānhuàjìnyìzài
the idea remains after the painting is finished
The idea is formed before the brush is put to paper, and remains visible even after the painting is complete; describes a state of artistic mastery where the vision precedes and transcends the execution.
意 (literal) → 意 · yì · meaning 存 (literal) → 存 · cún · to exist 笔 (literal) → 笔/筆 · bǐ · pen 先 (literal) → 先 · xiān · first ， (non_chinese) 画 (literal) → 画/畫 · huà · to draw 尽 (literal) → 尽/盡 · jìn · to use up 意 (literal) → 意 · yì · meaning 在 (literal) → 在 · zài · to exist
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition