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Idiom

Chinese green

Meaning

Synonym of lokao.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“The artist mixed a small amount of Chinese green into the paint.”

“Historians noted that the vibrant Chinese green used in the nineteenth-century textile prints eventually faded when exposed to sunlight.”

“The restoration expert carefully analyzed the pigment, confirming that the distinctive hue on the canvas was indeed the rare and historically significant Chinese green.”

Examples

simple

“The artist mixed a small amount of Chinese green into the paint.”

contextual

“Historians noted that the vibrant Chinese green used in the nineteenth-century textile prints eventually faded when exposed to sunlight.”

complex

“The restoration expert carefully analyzed the pigment, confirming that the distinctive hue on the canvas was indeed the rare and historically significant Chinese green.”

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