颜真卿 (顏真卿)
Yán Zhēn qīng
Pinyin

Definition

颜真卿 (顏真卿)
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Yán Zhēn qīng
  1. Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

真
zhēn
  1. 1 really
  2. 2 truly
  3. 3 indeed
  4. 4 real
  5. 5 true
  6. 6 genuine
真心
zhēn xīn
  1. 1 sincere
  2. 2 heartfelt
  3. 3 classifier: 片 piàn
天真
tiān zhēn
  1. 1 naive
  2. 2 innocent
  3. 3 artless
写真
xiě zhēn
  1. 1 portrait
  2. 2 to describe sth accurately
成真
chéng zhēn
  1. 1 to come true

Idioms (15)

千真万确
qiān zhēn wàn què
  1. 1 absolutely true (idiom)
  2. 2 manifold
  3. 3 true from many points of view
半真半假
bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ
  1. 1 (idiom) half true and half false
卿卿我我
qīng qīng wǒ wǒ
  1. 1 to bill and coo (idiom)
  2. 2 to whisper sweet nothings to one another
  3. 3 to be very much in love
弄假成真
nòng jiǎ chéng zhēn
  1. 1 pretense that turns into reality (idiom); to play at make-believe, but accidentally make it true
患难见真情
huàn nàn jiàn zhēn qíng
  1. 1 true sentiments are seen in hard times (idiom)
  2. 2 you see who your true friends are when you go through tough times together
  3. 3 you see who your true friends are when you are in difficulties

Sample Sentences

是啊，我一开始就是临摹颜真卿的《颜勤礼碑》，我很喜欢他楷书的风格，结构方正，笔力雄强，气势庄严。
shì a ，wǒ yīkāishǐ jiùshì línmó Yán Zhēnqīng de 《yánqínlǐbēi 》，wǒ hěn xǐhuan tā kǎishū de fēnggé ，jiégòu fāngzhèng ，bǐ lì xióngqiáng ，qìshì zhuāngyán 。
Yeah, when I was starting out I copied the style of Yan Zhenqing's 'Yan Qinli stele'. I really like his regular script style, with the square shaped structure and the forceful brush strokes, with such an imposing manner.
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