Qi Baishi's shrimps

The lesson’s vocabulary

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• 画展
  huàzhǎn

  art exhibition

• 可谓
  kěwèi

  it could even be said

• 近代
  jìndài

  the not-very-distant past

• 画家
  huàjiā

  painter

• 展出
  zhǎnchū

  to put on display; to be on show; to exhibit

• 观众
  guānzhòng

  spectators; audience

• 闻名
  wénmíng

  well-known; famous; renowned

• 虾
  xiā

  shrimp; prawn

• 幅
  fú

  classifier for textiles or pictures; width; roll

• 出身
  chūshēn

  to be born of; to come from; family background

• 木匠
  mùjiàng

  carpenter

• 油画
  yóuhuà

  oil painting

• 讲究
  jiǎngjiu

  to pay particular attention to

• 追求
  zhuīqiú

  to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo

• 作品
  zuòpǐn

  work (of art); opus

• 印章
  yìnzhāng

  seal; signet; chop

• 皆
  jiē

  all; each and every; in all cases

• 元素
  yuánsù

  element (key component of sth); (chemistry) element

• 因人而异
  yīnrénéryì

  varying from person to person (idiom)

• 细节
  xìjié

  details; particulars

• 不知不觉
  bùzhī-bùjué

  (idiom) unconsciously; unwittingly

• 魅力
  mèilì

  charm; fascination; glamor

• 感受
  gǎnshòu

  perception; a feeling; an impression

• 艺术
  yìshù

  art

The lesson’s grammar

• 可谓: one may well say, truly

  S + 可谓 + assessment (often a 成语)

• 非…莫属: belongs to none but…

  (title/role)，非 + N + 莫属

• 以…而… / 因…而…: known for… / because of…

  以 + N + 而 + 闻名/著称 | 因 + N + 而 + V

• 皆 / 均 / 亦: all / equally / also (written)

  S + 皆/均 + V (= 都) | S + 亦 + V (= 也)

• Four-character patterns (四字格)

  不A不B | 半A半B | 有A有B | 一A一B | 自A自B | 无A无B | 东A西B