描摹

miáo mó lín tiè

描摹临帖

trace and emulate characters written by famous calligraphers

zhè fú tú huà shì nǐ zì jǐ huà de hái shi nǐ miáo mó de

这幅图画是你自己画的，还是你描摹的？

Did you draw this picture yourself, or did you trace it?

tā tōng guò miáo mó mǔ qīn jiù tóng huà shū li de chā tú xué huì le huà huà

她通过描摹母亲旧童话书里的插图学会了画画。

She learned to draw by tracing pictures out of her mother's old storybooks.

miáo mó yī gè rén de xìng gé

描摹一个人的性格

portray the character of a person