栩栩如生

xǔxǔrúshēng ㄒㄩˇ ㄒㄩˇ ㄖㄨˊ ㄕㄥ

    • vivid and lifelike (idiom) true to life
    • realistic

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Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms 近义词

Telling them apart

栩栩如生 stresses liveliness and is mostly for works of art. 惟妙惟肖 stresses close resemblance and can also describe a person's acting or imitation. 跃然纸上 stresses vivid depiction, as if the subject were jumping out of the page, and is narrow in use.

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