Describes something that is so vivid and lifelike that it seems to be alive.
栩栩活泼生动的样子。指艺术形象非常逼真，如同活的一样。
《庄子·齐物论》昔者庄周梦为胡蝶，栩栩然胡蝶也，自喻适志与！不知周也。俄然觉，则茫茫然周也。”
The painting of the horse is so detailed that it appears to gallop off the canvas; it truly is vivid and lifelike.
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