写照 — meaning in English

xiě zhào

English meaning

adumbration noun The condition of being in shade, or, as a countable noun, a shadow itself.
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.

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.

noun The condition of being in shade, or, as a countable noun, a shadow itself.
noun A rough drawing or short description that gives only the basic shape of something.
noun (heraldry) The showing of a design only as an outline, sometimes shaded a darker colour than the background.
noun A rough or symbolic picture of something, or an early, unclear sign of what is to come.

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.