Definition
临摹 refers to the traditional Chinese method of learning calligraphy or painting by carefully copying a model work. 临 means copying while looking at the original, and 摹 means tracing over a thin paper placed on top. The term emphasizes the learning process rather than simple reproduction.
v.
to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting) as a learning technique
Examples
- 临摹羲。Tā měitiān huā liǎng xiǎoshí lín mó Wáng Xīzhī de zìtiè.He spends two hours every day copying Wang Xizhi's calligraphy model.
- ，临摹。Xué guóhuà shí, lǎoshī ràng wǒmen xiān lín mó yì fú shānshuǐ.When learning Chinese painting, the teacher asked us to first copy a landscape piece.
- 临摹。lín mó míngjiā zuòpǐn shì tígāo jìyì de zhòngyào tújìng.Copying masters' works is an important way to improve one's skills.
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