Collecting Guide: 7 things to know about Chinese traditional painting. Specialist Elizabeth Hammer on why age-old themes and techniques continue to flourish â with works offered in our Fine Chinese Paintings sale on 14 March at Christieâs New York. There is room for confusion over the category known as Chinese traditional painting.
arâ¢chaâ¢ic (Ã¤r kÄâ²ik), adj. 1  marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated:an archaic manner; an archaic notion.  Linguistics(of a linguistic form) commonly used in an earlier time but rare in present-day usage except to suggest the older time, as in religious rituals or historical novels.
noun. 1. phrase, expression, turn of phrase, locution, set phrase Proverbs and idioms may become worn with over-use. 2. language, talk, style, usage, jargon, vernacular, parlance, mode of expression I was irritated by his use of archaic idiom.