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Chinese ink

American  

noun

  1. India ink.


Chinese ink British  

noun

  1. another name for Indian ink

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Iri was trained in traditional Chinese ink and wash painting.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2020

Like the work of a traditional Chinese ink painter, her words sketch around spots of blankness, leaving suggestive lacunae.

From The New Yorker Apr. 30, 2019

The setting at the Aug. 19 meeting was calm: A room with plush cream carpets, Chinese ink brush landscape paintings and a vase of purple orchids.

From Reuters Sep. 11, 2014

Some look like giant Rorschach blots, others like oversize Chinese ink brush swaths.

From New York Times Aug. 9, 2012

Similar daubings were performed at the mysteries by the Mandans, as described by Catlin: and the Zunis made raids on Mr. Cushing’s black paint and Chinese ink for like purposes.

From Custom and Myth New Edition by Lang, Andrew

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