仕女 (shì nǚ) — court lady (in ancient China); traditional Chinese painting of beautiful women
Definition
Two related senses: in Tang/Song court life, 仕女 refers to ladies-in-waiting or noblewomen; in Chinese art history, 仕女画 is the long-standing genre of paintings depicting beautiful women.
noun
court lady (in ancient China)traditional Chinese painting of beautiful women
Measure word · 幅
Examples
- 仕女。Táng dài de shì nǚ chuān zhuó huá lì de fú shì.Tang dynasty court ladies wore splendid clothes.
- 仕女。shì nǚ Huà shì zhōng guó chuán tǒng yì shù de zhòng yào tí cái.The genre of beautiful-women paintings is an important subject in traditional Chinese art.
- 仕女。Bó wù guǎn lǐ chén liè le xǔ duō táng dài shì nǚ de huà xiàng.The museum displayed many portraits of Tang dynasty court ladies.
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