Definition
仕女 has two main meanings. The first refers to a court lady or palace maid in ancient China — women serving in imperial palaces. The second refers to a traditional Chinese painting genre that depicts beautiful, elegant women (仕女画). Both senses appear in formal, historical, or artistic contexts.
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court lady (in ancient China)traditional Chinese painting of beautiful women
Examples
- 仕女。Tángdài de shì nǚ chuānzhuó huálì de fúshì.Tang dynasty court ladies wore splendid clothes.
- 仕女。shì nǚ huà shì Zhōngguó chuántǒng yìshù de zhòngyào tícái.The genre of beautiful-women paintings is an important subject in traditional Chinese art.
- 仕女。Bówùguǎn li chénliè le xǔduō Tángdài shì nǚ de huàxiàng.The museum displayed many portraits of Tang dynasty court ladies.
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