工笔 gōng bǐ — gongbi meticulous-style brushwork painting

工笔
gōng bǐ

Characters: 工 · 笔

Definitions

  1. gongbi meticulous-style brushwork painting

More definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. gongbi, traditional Chinese painting method characterized by meticulous brush technique and detailed description

ExtDict

  1. 国画的一种画法，用笔工整，注重细部的描绘（区别于‘写意’）。

Examples

  • 这幅工笔画的花鸟细如发丝。

    The flowers and birds in this gongbi painting are as fine as strands of hair.

  • 他擅长工笔，也能写写意。

    He excels at meticulous brushwork and can also paint in the freehand style.