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国画

guó huà

HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 國畫

国画 (guó huà) means "traditional Chinese painting". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 国画 means

1. traditional Chinese painting

The characters in 国画

• 国guócountry; nation; state; (bound form) national
• 画huàto draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划

Example sentences

• 这个艺术家画国画。
  This artist does Chinese painting.
• 他是个画家，但他不会画国画。
  He is a painter, but he can't paint in the traditional Chinese style.

Words containing 国画

• 中国画Zhōng guó huàChinese painting

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