栩栩如生

栩栩如生 [xǔ xǔ rú shēng]

1. ■ true to life [nature]; As natural as though it were living!; as vivid as life; be almost lifelike in appearance; be both vivid and lively; be lifelike and full of vitality; be seemingly alive; be (strikingly) vivid and lifelike; give a deceptively lifelike impression; lifelike; like real life; take on a strikingly natural look; (The images) were none the less vivid and lifelike.; with striking [speaking] likeness:

栩栩如生的叙述 an animated narrative;

他画的奔马，栩栩如生， 极其神似。 The galloping horses he paints are extremely lifelike.

这张画像栩栩如生。 The portrait speaks.