创作
chuàng zuò
Pinyin

Definition

创作
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chuàng zuò
  1. to create
  2. to produce
  3. to write
  4. creative work
  5. creation
  6. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

作
zuō
  1. 1 worker
  2. 2 workshop
  3. 3 (slang) troublesome
  4. 4 high-maintenance (person)
作品
zuò pǐn
  1. 1 work (of art)
  2. 2 opus
  3. 3 CL:部[bù],篇[piān]
作业
zuò yè
  1. 1 school assignment
  2. 2 homework
  3. 3 work
  4. 4 task
  5. 5 operation
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
  7. 7 to operate
作为
zuò wéi
  1. 1 one's conduct
  2. 2 deed
  3. 3 activity
  4. 4 accomplishment
  5. 5 achievement
  6. 6 to act as
  7. 7 as (in the capacity of)
  8. 8 qua
  9. 9 to view as
  10. 10 to look upon (sth as)
  11. 11 to take sth to be
作用
zuò yòng
  1. 1 to act on
  2. 2 to affect
  3. 3 action
  4. 4 function
  5. 5 activity
  6. 6 impact
  7. 7 result
  8. 8 effect
  9. 9 purpose
  10. 10 intent
  11. 11 to play a role
  12. 12 corresponds to English -ity, -ism, -ization
  13. 13 CL:個|个[gè]
工作
gōng zuò
  1. 1 to work
  2. 2 (of a machine) to operate
  3. 3 job
  4. 4 work
  5. 5 task
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè],份[fèn],項|项[xiàng]
作出
zuò chū
  1. 1 to put out
  2. 2 to come up with
  3. 3 to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)
  4. 4 to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)
  5. 5 to draw (conclusion)
  6. 6 to deliver (speech, judgment)
  7. 7 to devise (explanation)
  8. 8 to extract
作孽
zuò niè
  1. 1 to sin
作家
zuò jiā
  1. 1 author
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
作弊
zuò bì
  1. 1 to practice fraud
  2. 2 to cheat
  3. 3 to engage in corrupt practices
作怪
zuò guài
  1. 1 (of a ghost) to make strange things happen
  2. 2 to act up
  3. 3 to act behind the scenes
  4. 4 to make mischief
  5. 5 odd
  6. 6 to misbehave (euphemism for having sex)
作息
zuò xī
  1. 1 to work and rest
作战
zuò zhàn
  1. 1 combat
  2. 2 to fight
作文
zuò wén
  1. 1 to write an essay
  2. 2 composition (student essay)
  3. 3 CL:篇[piān]
作曲
zuò qǔ
  1. 1 to compose (music)
作案
zuò àn
  1. 1 to commit a crime
作痛
zuò tòng
  1. 1 to ache
作祟
zuò suì
  1. 1 haunted
  2. 2 to haunt
  3. 3 to cause mischief
作者
zuò zhě
  1. 1 author
  2. 2 writer
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
作风
zuò fēng
  1. 1 style
  2. 2 style of work
  3. 3 way

Idioms (20)

以身作则
yǐ shēn zuò zé
  1. 1 to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist by his own petard
作鸟兽散
zuò niǎo shòu sàn
  1. 1 lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to head off in various directions
  3. 3 to flee helter-skelter
俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu
  1. 1 lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
  2. 2 work especially hard
俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè
  1. 1 to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
呼牛作马
hū niú zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to call sth a cow or a horse (idiom); it doesn't matter what you call it
  2. 2 Insult me if you want, I don't care what you call me.
回嗔作喜
huí chēn zuò xǐ
  1. 1 to go from anger to happiness (idiom)
天作之合
tiān zuò zhī hé
  1. 1 a match made in heaven (idiom)
天公不作美
tiān gōng bù zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
天公作美
tiān gōng zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美|天公不作美[tiān gōng bù zuò měi])
始作俑者
shǐ zuò yǒng zhě
  1. 1 lit. the first person to bury funerary dolls (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the originator of an evil practice
寻欢作乐
xún huān zuò lè
  1. 1 pleasure seeking (idiom); life of dissipation
小作怡情，大作伤身
xiǎo zuò yí qíng , dà zuò shāng shēn
  1. 1 a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful (idiom)
已作出保
yǐ zuò chū bǎo
  1. 1 to do sth under oath (idiom)
弄虚作假
nòng xū zuò jiǎ
  1. 1 to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
拉大旗作虎皮
lā dà qí zuò hǔ pí
  1. 1 lit. to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to borrow sb's prestige
  3. 3 to take the name of a great cause as a shield
指鹿作马
zhǐ lù zuò mǎ
  1. 1 to take a deer and call it a horse (idiom); deliberate inversion of the truth
敢作敢为
gǎn zuò gǎn wéi
  1. 1 to stop at nothing (idiom)
  2. 2 to dare to do anything
为虎作伥
wèi hǔ zuò chāng
  1. 1 to act as accomplice to the tiger
  2. 2 to help a villain do evil (idiom)

Sample Sentences

什么花盆？这是茶碗。我跟我老婆上个月去上了一堂手拉胚的课，这可是我亲手创作出来的陶碗呢！
shénme huāpén ？zhè shì cháwǎn 。wǒ gēn wǒ lǎopó shànggèyuè qù shàng le yī táng shǒulāpēi de kè ，zhè kěshì wǒ qīnshǒu chuàngzuò chūlái de táowǎn ne ！
What vase? That’s a teacup. I went last month to a pottery class with my wife, and this is a clay cup I made with my very own hands!
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有时真羡慕这些能够写出这么多优秀作品的作家，他们的创作才华好像永远都不会枯竭，永远都能给读者带来惊喜。
yǒushí zhēn xiànmù zhèxiē nénggòu xiěchū zhème duō yōuxiùzuòpǐn de zuòjiā ，tāmen de chuàngzuò cáihuá hǎoxiàng yǒngyuǎn dōu bùhuì kūjié ，yǒngyuǎn dōu néng gěi dúzhě dàilái jīngxǐ 。
Sometimes I envy these authors who can write so many great novels. It feels like their creative talent will never dry up and that they'll always be able to surprise their readers.
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这首词经过现代音乐人的再创作，就变成我们今天听到的这首歌曲了，词曲搭配和谐，似乎就像是宋代曲赋的原创，再加上歌手王菲空灵的嗓音把音乐演绎得几近完美。
zhè shǒu cí jīngguò xiàndài yīnyuèrén de zài chuàngzuò ，jiù biànchéng wǒmen jīntiān tīngdào de zhè shǒu gēqǔ le ，cí qǔ dāpèi héxié ，sìhu jiù xiàng shì Sòng Dài qǔfù de yuán chuàng ，zài jiāshang gēshǒu Wáng Fēi kònglíng de sǎngyīn bǎ yīnyuè yǎnyì de jījìn wánměi 。
After being reinterpreted by modern musicians this ci poem became the song that we heard today. The poem paired with the harmony seem almost like an original Song Dynasty poem and in addition the singer Faye Wong's ethereal voice goes with the music almost perfectly.
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作者在发布会上谈了这本书的创作历程。
zuòzhě zài fābùhuì shàng tán le zhè běn shū de chuàngzuò lìchéng 。
The author talked about the creative process of this book at the launch.
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是啊，实施分级制度，让儿童受到保护，让成人得到满足，让创作者的思想不受约束，还能促进电影产业化。既然分级的好处如此显而易见，为啥就不能实行呢？
shì a ，shíshī fēnjí zhìdù ，ràng értóng shòudào bǎohù ，ràng chéngrén dédào mǎnzú ，ràng chuàngzuòzhě de sīxiǎng bù shòu yuēshù ，hái néng cùjìn diànyǐng chǎnyèhuà 。jìrán fēnjí de hǎochu rúcǐ xiǎnéryìjiàn ，wèi shá jiù bùnéng shíxíng ne ？
Yeah! Establishing a rating system would protect children, satisfy adults and keep creative ideas from being restrained. It could also help advance the development of the film industry. Since the benefits of ratings are easy to see, why haven't they been established?
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还行吧！韩寒、郭敬明、张悦然的作品我都看过。都是上中学的时候看的。我有一阵子还特别想辍学创作小说呢！
háixíng ba ！Hán Hán 、Guō Jìngmíng 、Zhāng Yuèrán de zuòpǐn wǒ dōu kàn guo 。dōu shì shàng zhōngxué de shíhou kàn de 。wǒ yǒu yīzhènzi hái tèbié xiǎng chuòxué chuàngzuò xiǎoshuō ne ！
It's all right. I've read Han Han, Guo Jingming, and Zhang Yueran's works. I read them all when I was in middle school. There was a period of time during which I really wanted to drop out of school and write fiction!
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本地乐队自己创作、自己唱的。
běndi yuèduì zìjǐ chuàngzuò 、zìjǐ chàng de 。
Local bands that compose and sing their own music.
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I've collected a lot of Chaplin movies. Chaplin was always deeply sympathetic toward the little guy and the out of work, and made fun of capitalism and the powers that be. He supported progressive democratic movements, and so from the very beginning, Chaplin and his movies have been very popular in China.
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