摹本

móběn

noun #54,632

Meanings

HSK 7-9

博物馆里展出的是摹本，真迹保存在库房里。

Bówùguǎn lǐ zhǎnchū de shì móběn, zhēnjì bǎocún zài kùfáng lǐ.

The museum displays a copy; the original is kept in the storeroom.

HSK 7-9

《兰亭序》的真迹早已失传，今天能看到的多是唐代的摹本。

《 Lántíngxù 》 de zhēnjì zǎoyǐ shīchuán, jīntiān néng kàndào de duō shì Tángdài de móběn.

The original Orchid Pavilion Preface was lost long ago; what we can see today are mostly Tang-dynasty copies.

usage

A 摹本 is traced over the original, so it keeps the exact shapes; a 临本 is copied freehand while looking at it. The original itself is the 真迹.

摹 mó

本 běn