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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

形似 [xíngsì]
  1. 1. likeness in form or appearance; formal likeness (or resemblance)
    她们不仅形似，而且做事方式也很像。
    绘画不仅要求形似，而且要求神似。
    Painters aim at a likeness not only in appearance, but also in spirit.
  2. 2. verb similar

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

形似 [xíngsì]
  1. 1. 动 外观相似
    形似尚且不易,何况神似?
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Examples

不仅形似，而且神似
be alike not only in appearance but also in spirit → 神似
绘画不仅要求形似，而且要求神似。
Painters aim at a likeness not only in appearance, but also in spirit. → 形似
这一画派的风格特点是：不求形似，但求神似。 → 神似
画境在形似与神似之间是一种很高的境界。 → 神似
她们不仅形似，而且做事方式也很像。 → 形似
漫画不重形似,只求神似。 → 神似
形似尚且不易,何况神似? → 形似

Word Decomposition

形
[xíng] 		+ 似
[sì]

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