虛腕
xū​wàn

empty wrist

  • created sense approved 虚腕/虛腕 · xū​wàn · empty wrist — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    虚腕 / 虛腕

    xū​wàn

    empty wrist

    a method of holding a brush in Chinese painting and calligraphy where the wrist does not touch the table

    虚 (literal) → 虚/虛 · xū · empty 腕 (bound) → 腕 · wàn · wrist

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

    created sense