Chinese ink
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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The works blend traditional Chinese ink techniques with Western art influences, and Ms. Siyang-Le said they displayed a “deliberate intent to bridge cultural boundaries.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
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
He was clicking through a slideshow that included an image of the building’s structural system hand-drawn in Chinese ink.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2017
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
"And that the writing is in indelible Chinese ink?"
From John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman
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