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picture [pictures] (photograph) noun [UK: ˈpɪk.tʃə(r)] [US: ˈpɪk.tʃər] | 照片 /zhàopiàn/noun 相片 /xiàngpiàn/noun |
picture [pictures] (representation of visible reality produced by drawing, etc) noun [UK: ˈpɪk.tʃə(r)] [US: ˈpɪk.tʃər] | 图片 /túpiàn/noun 图画 /túhuà/noun 圖片noun 圖畫noun 画 /huà/noun 畫noun |
picture book (a book for young children with illustrations) noun [UK: ˈpɪk.tʃə(r) bʊk] [US: ˈpɪk.tʃər ˈbʊk] | 图画书 /túhuàshū/noun 圖畫書noun 小儿书 /xiǎo'érshū/noun 小兒書noun 繪本noun 绘本 /huìběn/noun 連環畫noun |
picture dictionary (dictionary with pictures) noun | 圖片字典noun |
picture-in-picture (simultaneous display of full TV screen and inset window) noun | 画中画noun |
picturesque (resembling a picture or painting) adjective [UK: ˌpɪk.tʃə.ˈresk] [US: ˌpɪk.tʃə.ˈresk] | 栩栩如生 /xǔxǔrúshēng/adjective 生动 /shēngdòng/adjective 生動adjective 繪畫般的adjective 绘画般的 /huìhuà bān de/adjective 逼真 /bīzhēn/adjective 風景如畫adjective 风景如画 /fēngjǐngrúhuà/adjective |
a picture is worth a thousand words (visualisation is better than verbal description) phrase | 一幅画能画出千言万语 /yī fú huà néng huà chū qiānyánwànyǔ/phrase 一幅畫能畫出千言萬語phrase 百聞不如一見phrase |
big picture (totality of a situation) noun | 大局 /dàjú/noun |
take a picture (capture an image) verb | 拍照 /pāizhào/verb 照相 /zhàoxiàng/verb |