写照 — meaning in English
xiě zhào
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English meaning
- adumbration noun The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
- effigy noun A crude model or figure made to represent a person or group, often so it can be mocked, burned, or destroyed in protest.
- likeness noun The quality of resembling someone or something; a similarity.
- portrayal noun The way someone or something is represented or depicted, especially in a performance or artwork.
- reflection noun An image or copy of something formed by light bouncing off a surface.
Senses
写照 is used for these senses in English:
- adumbration (countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
- effigy A dummy or other crude representation of a person, group or object that is hated.
- likeness That which closely resembles; a portrait.
- reflection The act of reflecting or the state of being reflected.
adumbration — full definition
- noun The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
- noun A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
- noun The supposed practice of displaying only outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
- noun A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
effigy — full definition
- noun A crude model or figure made to represent a person or group, often so it can be mocked, burned, or destroyed in protest.
- noun A sculpture or image representing a specific person.