line drawing; plain writing style
Meanings
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line drawing (traditional Chinese painting)
formalA foundational traditional Chinese painting technique that focuses on precise linework without color filling.
This painter is skilled at creating character portraits using line drawing.
This line drawing landscape work has smooth and natural lines.
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Students new to traditional Chinese painting often practice line drawing techniques first.
Song Dynasty line drawing figure paintings reached a very high artistic level.
He drew a plum blossom using the line drawing method.
noun
plain writing style
formalUsed in literary criticism and modern writing theory to describe a concise, unadorned writing style without exaggerated embellishments.
This prose uses a plain writing style with no unnecessary embellishments.
Lu Xun's short stories often use plain writing to portray character images.
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This news report uses a plain writing style to record the entire course of the event.
In writing class, the teacher explained two different writing techniques: plain writing and embellished description.
This poem uses a plain writing style to depict the morning scenery of the countryside.