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Lesson
Dì sì shí sì kè zhōng guó huà
第四十四课
中 国 画
Lesson Forty-four Traditional Chinese Painting

Traditional Chinese painting is highly regarded around the world for its expression and technique. Compared with Western paintings, a Chinese painting is not restricted by focal point in its perspective. A traditional Chinese artist could paint on a long and narrow piece of paper or silk all the scenery that runs along the Yangtze River. It can be said that the adoption of a shifting perspective is one of the distinctive features of Chinese painting.

Lì li: Měi shù guăn zhèng zài jŭ bàn zhōng guó huà zhăn, nĭ xiăng qù cān guān ma?
丽丽: 美术馆正在举办中国画展,你想去参观吗?
Lili:

There is a traditional Chinese painting exhibition on at the art gallery. Would you like to go?

Mài kè: Dāng rán xiăng qù. Wŏ fēi cháng xĭ huān zhōng guó huà.
麦克: 当然想去。我非常喜欢中国画。
Mike: Of course! I like traditional Chinese painting very much.
Lì li: Wŏ hěn xīn shăng nĭ de yóu huà. Nĭ huà de fēi cháng hăo.
丽丽: 我很欣赏你的油画。你画得非常好。
Lili: I really like your oil painting. You paint very well.
Mài kè: Xiè xie. Wŏ xiàn zài zhèng zài xué xí zhōng guó shuĭ mò huà.
麦克: 谢谢。我现在正在学习中国水墨画。
Mike: Thanks. I am studying the Chinese ink and wash technique.
Lì li: Nĭ zuì xĭ huān nă wèi zhōng guó huà jiā?
丽丽: 你最喜欢哪位中国画家?
Lili: Who is your favorite Chinese painter?
Mài kè: Wŏ zuì xĭ huān de zhōng guó huà jiā shì qí bái shí. Tā de zuò pĭn hěn yŏu tè diăn.
麦克: 我最喜欢的中国画家是齐白石。他的作品很有特点。
Mike: My favorite Chinese painter is Qi Baishi. His works are very distinctive.
Lì li: Nĭ zhèng zài xué xí rén wù huà hái shì fēng jĭng huà?
丽丽: 你正在学习人物画还是风景画?
Lili: Are you studying figure painting or landscape painting?
Mài kè: Dōu zāi xué. měi gè zhōu mò dōu qù měi shù xué yuàn shàng kè.
麦克: 都在学。我每个周末都去美术学院上课。
Mài kè: Both. I go to the school of fine arts at weekends.
Lì li: Xué huà de tóng shí yě xué xí zhōng guó shū fă ma?
丽丽: 学画的同时也学习中国书法吗?
Lili: Are you also studying Chinese calligraphy?
Mài kè: Shì de. Hái xué xí yŏu guān zhōng guó yìn zhāng de zhī shi.
麦克: 是的,还学习有关中国印章的知识。
Mike: Yes, and I am learning about Chinese seals.
画展 huà zhănpainting/art exhibition 书法 shū făcalligraphy
美术馆 měi shù guăn: art gallery 人物画 rén wù huàfigure painting
中国画 zhōng guó huà: traditional Chinese painting 风景画 fēng jĭng huà : landscape painting
油画 yóu huàoil painting 美术学院 měi shù xué yuàn : school of fine arts
水墨画 shuĭ mò huàink and wash/watercolor 印章 yìn zhāngseal (engraving)
画家 huà jiāpainter/artist  
作品 zuò pĭnartworks
Zhōng guó huà
Zhōng guó huà de shĭ zhuī dào liù qiān nián qián de xīn
shí shí dài . Huì zhì zài èr shí shì èr shí nián
dài chū de táo mĭn shàng de dòng , ,
, děng àn shuō míng , zài xīn shí shí dài
鹿 ,
zhōng guó huà yīn lùn , biăo , gōng ér xiăng
, ,
quán shì jiè . Gēn biăo fāng shì , zhōng guó huà
,
fēn wéi liăng lèi : xiě pài gōng pài . Xiě
:
pài de diăn shì xíng shì kuā zhāng , yòng shuā zi
shŏu huà ér chéng ; gōng huà de diăn shì zhù zhòng
;
jié , yòng shuā jīng xìn miáo huì ér chéng .
wán zhěng de zhōng guó huà tōng cháng shì yóu shī , shū fă,
法、
huì huà , yìn zhāng děng shù gòng tóng chéng de .  
 
Suí zhe shì tuī , zhōng guó jīng le zhòng de
zhèng zhì , jīng , wén huà biàn , huì huà shù
,
wài . Zhōng guó huà zài xiàn dài zhōng guó rén de
shēng huó zhōng réng rán zhàn yŏu zhòng yào de wèi , dàn xiàn
,
zài duō huà jiā wàng biăo men duì xīn shí dài
de găn shòu . Huà jiā jiāng men xīn de găn shòu róng
dào zhōng guó huà , kāi le zhŏng guăng kuò ér
, 广
quán xīn de shù biao xiàn jìng jiè
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Huà lóng diăn jīng

画 龙 点 睛
Literally, to bring a painted dragon to life by drawing in the pupils of its eyes. Used to describe the touch that brings a work of art or verbal expression to life

Dà fā léi tíng

【大发雷霆 】

To be furious; to fly into a rage

Dà dāo kuò fŭ

【大刀阔斧】

Bold and resolute; drastic and radical

Xiăo jiā bì yù

【小家碧玉】

A pretty girl of humble origins; the daughter of a humble family

Xiăo shì fēng máng

【小试锋芒】

To display only a small part of one's talent; to manifest a little of one's skill

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Fēng
qiáo
Yuè luò shuāng măn tiān,
天 ,
Jiāng fēng huŏ duì chóu mián.
眠。
chéng wài hán shān ,
寺,
bàn zhōng shēng dào chuán.
船。
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Kăn jià
侃 价 To bargain
Bào guāng
曝 光 To expose (usually a crime or scandal)
Shì jià
市 价 Market price
Zhí xiāo
直 销 Direct sales (cutting out the intermediary/middle man)
Cái yuán
裁 员 To cut staff numbers; to make redundancies
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Shāo guō dòu fu

砂  锅  豆  腐  

Bean curd in a clay-pot

Zhú sŭn sī guā

竹 笋 丝 瓜  

Braised bamboo shoots with towel gourd

Lì zi bá cài
栗 子 白 菜 
Braised chestnuts with Chinese cabbage
Xiāng yù ròu mò
香 芋 肉 末 
Minced pork with taro
Píng guŏ jī dīng
苹 果 鸡 丁 
Stir-fried apple with chicken cubes
Qié zhī yù wán
茄 汁 芋 丸 
Taro balls in tomato sauce
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tián
(sweet)
suān
(sour)
(bitter)
(peppery/spicy)
xián
(salty)
dàn
(tasteless/bland)
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