工艺美术
gōng yì měi shù
Pinyin

Definition

工艺美术
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gōng yì měi shù
  1. applied art

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

wán měi
  1. 1 perfect
  2. 2 perfection
  3. 3 perfectly
gōng zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 (of a machine) to operate
  3. 3 job
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 task
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]
jīng měi
  1. 1 delicate
  2. 2 fine
  3. 3 refinement
Měi
  1. 1 the Americas
  2. 2 abbr. for 美洲[Měi zhōu]
  3. 3 USA
  4. 4 abbr. for 美國|美国[Měi guó]
měi rén
  1. 1 beauty
  2. 2 belle
Měi guó
  1. 1 United States
  2. 2 USA
  3. 3 US
měi nu:3
  1. 1 beautiful woman
měi hǎo
  1. 1 beautiful
  2. 2 fine
měi lì
  1. 1 beautiful
rén gōng
  1. 1 artificial
  2. 2 manpower
  3. 3 manual work
zuò gōng
  1. 1 to work with one's hands
  2. 2 manual work
  3. 3 workmanship
yōu měi
  1. 1 graceful
  2. 2 fine
  3. 3 elegant
jiā gōng
  1. 1 to process
  2. 2 processing
  3. 3 working (of machinery)
huà gōng
  1. 1 chemical industry, abbr. of 化學工業|化学工业[huà xué gōng yè]
  2. 2 chemical engineering, abbr. of 化學工程|化学工程[huà xué gōng chéng]
Běi měi
  1. 1 North America
shí quán shí měi
  1. 1 complete and beautiful
  2. 2 to be perfect (idiom)
yuán gōng
  1. 1 staff
  2. 2 personnel
  3. 3 employee
wéi měi
  1. 1 aesthetics
wán gōng
  1. 1 to finish work
  2. 2 to complete a project
shěn měi
  1. 1 esthetics
  2. 2 appreciating the arts
  3. 3 taste

Idioms (20)

偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
  1. 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
  2. 2 jerry-building
  3. 3 sloppy work
价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
两全其美
liǎng quán qí měi
  1. 1 to satisfy rival demands (idiom)
  2. 2 to get the best of both worlds
  3. 3 to have it both ways
  4. 4 to have one's cake and eat it too
十全十美
shí quán shí měi
  1. 1 complete and beautiful
  2. 2 to be perfect (idiom)
天公不作美
tiān gōng bù zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
天公作美
tiān gōng zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美|天公不作美[tiān gōng bù zuò měi])
专美于前
zhuān měi yú qián
  1. 1 to monopolize the limelight (idiom)
  2. 2 to get all the glory
  3. 3 to rank highest
工欲善其事,必先利其器
gōng yù shàn qí shì , bì xiān lì qí qì
  1. 1 To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
爱美之心,人皆有之
ài měi zhī xīn , rén jiē yǒu zhī
  1. 1 everyone loves beauty (idiom)
珍馐美味
zhēn xiū měi wèi
  1. 1 delicacy and fine taste (idiom); a wonderful treat
珍馐美馔
zhēn xiū měi zhuàn
  1. 1 delicacy and fine taste (idiom); a wonderful treat
甜言美语
tián yán měi yǔ
  1. 1 sweet words, beautiful phrases (idiom); hypocritical flattery
异曲同工
yì qǔ tóng gōng
  1. 1 different tunes played with equal skill (idiom)
  2. 2 different methods leading to the same result
  3. 3 different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
尽善尽美
jìn shàn jìn měi
  1. 1 perfect (idiom); perfection
  2. 2 the best of all possible worlds
  3. 3 as good as it gets
磨刀不误砍柴工
mó dāo bù wù kǎn chái gōng
  1. 1 lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. time invested in preparations is not lost
  3. 3 a beard well lathered is half shaved
神工鬼斧
shén gōng guǐ fǔ
  1. 1 supernaturally fine craft (idiom); the work of the Gods
  2. 2 uncanny workmanship
  3. 3 superlative craftsmanship
美不胜收
měi bù shèng shōu
  1. 1 nothing more beautiful can be imagined (idiom)
美中不足
měi zhōng bù zú
  1. 1 everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment
美其名曰
měi qí míng yuē
  1. 1 to call by the glorified name of (idiom)
美轮美奂
měi lún měi huàn
  1. 1 (of houses, scenery etc) magnificent (idiom)

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