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TSUMUGU · TOCFL C1 (est.) · 詞
傳神 word · TOCFL C1 (est.)
傳神 =
ㄔㄨㄢˊ ㄕㄣˊ · chuánshén
adj — vivid, lifelike (of a portrait, description, performance)

字源 FORM — what the parts do

to convey (傳達)chuán
the spirit, the look in the eyes (神態)shén
傳神,傳達的傳,神態的神。
關 · Related
shéntàiexpression and bearing — the a portrait carries across生動shēngdòngvivid, lively — the plainer synonym