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勾畫

简勾画 · 繁勾畫

Mandarin · pinyin gōu huà

to sketch out
to delineate

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勾: gōu · hook, join, connect; entice
畫: huà · delineate, painting, picture, drawing; draw
画: huà · a painting, picture, drawing; to draw

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1–4 · gou1 hua4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ngau1 waak6

Cantonese word readings for 勾畫. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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verb

to sketch out; to draw an outline of; to delineate
to describe (with succinct language)

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