Chinese vocabulary: Art – 36 words with pictures, audio & printable flashcards

老工匠常常对小福说：“这面镜子是我一生的作品。

The old craftsman often said to Xiao Fu: "This mirror is the work of my lifetime.

评弹是苏州的传统艺术，会说故事、唱歌，还会弹三弦或琵琶。

Pingtan is a traditional art form from Suzhou, that tells stories and sings, and also plays the sanxian or pipa.

是我们的图片！！！

Are our pictures!!!

我们工作室保住了，图书馆的方案我们也保住了，你听到了吗？

Our studio was saved, and we saved the proposal for the library, Did you hear me?

她看了最后一张照片，背景里有一家小店的名字。

She looked at the last photo, there was a name of a small shop in the background.

小沈，改天我想去红旗厂旧址看看，那边现在成了个博物馆。你要一起吗？

Little Shen, some other day I'd like to go visit the old site of Hongqi Factory, it's become a museum now. Do you want to go together?

然后……工作室没了。不是关门那么简单，是从里到外都变了。他们把清河巷图书馆的方案直接毙了，说不赚钱。我变成了创意总监，天天开会，天天改方案改成我自己都认不出来的样子。陈墨半年后就走了，我们后来也没怎么联系了。有一次我路过老工作室的地址，已经是别的公司了，我站在楼下看了很久，突然想不起来自己最开始为什么要做建筑这行了。就这种感觉，你懂吗，好像我活成了一个我不认识的人。

And then... the studio was gone. It wasn't just closing down, it changed from the inside out. They scrapped the plan for the Qinghe Lane Library, saying it wouldn't make money. I became a Creative Director, having meetings every day, changing the plans every day until I didn't recognize them myself. Chen Mo left half a year later, and we didn't keep in much contact after that. Once I passed by the old studio's address, it was already another company. I stood downstairs for a long time, and suddenly couldn't remember why I initially wanted to get into architecture. It's that kind of feeling, you know? Like I've become someone I don't recognize.

这个星星图案！！

This star pattern!!

几千年后，考古学家挖开了兵马俑的一部分，发现了大量精美的雕像，却始终没有找到关于那些工匠最后命运的记录。

Thousands of years later, archaeologists excavated a part of the terracotta army, and discovered a large number of exquisite statues, but they never found any records about the craftsmen’s final fate.

有的壁画已经很旧了，颜色变得又暗又淡。

Some murals were already very old, the colors had become dark and faded.

这个钟很旧，是很多年前的样式。

This clock is very old, it is a style from many years ago.

那张图纸是陈伯的爷爷传下来的，已经有一百年了。

That drawing was passed down by Uncle Chen's grandfather, it has already been a hundred years.

他对颜料的颜色要求很高，为了配出跟古代一样的蓝色和红色，他花了很多钱去买矿石，自己动手研磨。

He had high requirements for the colors of the pigments, in order to match the same blues and reds as the ancient ones, he spent a lot of money to buy minerals, and ground them himself.

第二个星期三，纸下面多了一个笑脸。

On the second Wednesday, there was one more smiling face below the paper.

8月10号朵朵学校画展，我把那天的接送改到我这边，你出差的事自己看着办。

On August 10th is Duoduo's school art exhibition, I'm changing that day's pickup to my side, you handle your business trip situation yourself.

我小时候一直以为是个古董零件，现在才知道是干这个用的……

When I was little I always thought it was an antique part, now I only just found out it's used for this...

陈建国和苏悦一起走进了展厅，朵朵站在自己的作品前，看到他们两个一起出现，笑得比展厅里任何一盏灯都亮。

Chen Jianguo and Su Yue walked into the exhibition hall together. Duoduo stood in front of her own work, and seeing the two of them appear together, she smiled brighter than any light in the hall.

他们的目的很简单：把石窟里的壁画一幅一幅地临摹下来，让更多人看到这些一千多年前的艺术。

Their purpose was very simple: to copy the murals in the grottoes one by one, so that more people could see this art from over a thousand years ago.

村子门口有一只石狮子。

At the entrance of the village there is a stone lion.

小美是学画京剧脸谱的学生。

Xiao Mei is learning to paint Peking Opera facial makeup (possessive/descriptive particle) student.

小石今年十六岁，刚学做泥人不久。

Xiao Shi was sixteen years old this year, and hadn't been learning to make clay figures for long.

晚上，小雨和姐姐在家里做窗花。

In the evening, Xiaoyu and her older sister made paper-cut window decorations at home.

老王是一位手艺精湛的工匠，他从二十岁起就在这里工作，负责给士兵俑雕刻面部。

Old Wang was a craftsman with exquisite skills, he had been working here since he was twenty years old, responsible for carving the faces of the soldier statues.

老人是一位皮影戏艺人。

Old man is a shadow puppet play artist.

地下，成千上万的兵马俑排着队，好像随时准备打仗。

Underground, thousands upon thousands of terracotta warriors stood in formation, as if ready for battle at any moment.

小美很紧张，因为她要一个人画脸谱。

Xiao Mei very nervous, because she has to / needs to alone / by herself paint facial masks.

他们的名字，刻在砖上，几千年了。”

Their names, carved on the bricks, have been here for thousands of years.”

小雨是负责设计请柬的人。

Xiao Yu is the person responsible for designing the invitations.

请你剪一个窗花，明天放在窗上。”

Please cut a paper window decoration, and put it on the window tomorrow.”

他一共画了两百多幅作品，后来在成都、重庆展出，让无数中国人第一次亲眼看到敦煌的美丽。

He painted more than two hundred works in total, which were later exhibited in Chengdu and Chongqing, allowing countless Chinese people to see the beauty of Dunhuang with their own eyes for the first time.

老王是一位手艺精湛的工匠，他从二十岁起就在这里工作，负责给士兵俑雕刻面部。

Old Wang was a craftsman with exquisite skills, he had been working here since he was twenty years old, responsible for carving the faces of the soldier statues.

他确实好奇极了——如果能看到唐代最原始的色彩，那将是艺术史上的大发现。

He was indeed extremely curious— if he could see the most original colors of the Tang Dynasty, that would be a major discovery in art history.

张大千笑了笑，说：“临摹壁画这三年，我学到的不只是画画的技术，更是一种耐心和尊重。

Zhang Daqian smiled and said: “During these three years of copying murals, what I have learned is not just painting techniques, but also a kind of patience and respect.

张大千笑了笑，说：“临摹壁画这三年，我学到的不只是画画的技术，更是一种耐心和尊重。

Zhang Daqian smiled and said: “During these three years of copying murals, what I have learned is not just painting techniques, but also a kind of patience and respect.

小石今年十六岁，刚学做泥人不久。

Xiao Shi was sixteen years old this year, and hadn't been learning to make clay figures for long.

这张照片很难修，我想把它修得更完美，但时间不够。

This photo is very hard to repair, I wanted to repair it more perfectly, but there wasn't enough time.