绘声绘色 huìshēng-huìsè vivid and colorful (idiom)
vivid and colorful (idiom); true to life; lively and realistic
How to remember 绘声绘色: 绘 to sketch + 声 voice + 色 color = vivid and colorful (idiom).
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How it is used
- 'With sound and color' - to describe something so vividly it comes alive - 他绘声绘色地讲故事 (tā huìshēng-huìsè de jiǎng gùshi) he told the story vividly, acting it all out.
- Praises lively, animated storytelling; used adverbially with verbs of telling/describing.
- Positive, slightly literary; the speaker makes you see and hear the scene.