意存筆先，畫盡意在

the idea is present before the first stroke of the brush, when the last stroke is placed the idea shines through

Italy / Italian / abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4]

idea / meaning / thought / to think / wish / desire / intention / to expect / to anticipate

Italy; Italian (abbr. for 意大利[Yi4 da4 li4])

to exist / to deposit / to store / to keep / to survive

pen / pencil / writing brush / to write or compose / the strokes of Chinese characters / classifier for sums of money, deals / CL:支[zhi1],枝[zhi1]

early / prior / former / in advance / first

to draw / picture / painting / CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1] / classifier for paintings etc / variant of 劃|划[hua4]

to use up / to exhaust / to end / to finish / to the utmost / exhausted / finished / to the limit (of sth) / all / entirely

to express fully / all one's feelings

to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)