題跋

简 题跋 · 繁 題跋
Mandarin · pinyin tí bá

Meanings

  1. short comments
  2. preface and postscript
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跋
bá · go by foot; epilogue, colophon
题
tí · forehead; title, headline; theme
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2–2 · ti2 ba2

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noun

  1. preface and postscript
  2. short comments, annotations, etc. on a scroll of painting or calligraphy; colophon

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