写作
xiě zuò
Pinyin

Definition

写作
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xiě zuò
  1. to write
  2. to compose
  3. writing
  4. written works

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

没问题，我们先来看词，作者是苏轼——苏东坡，他在丙辰年的中秋节，喝酒大醉，于是趁着酒兴写下了这首词。苏轼写作的风格以豪放著称。
méiwèntí ，wǒmen xiān lái kàn cí ，zuòzhě shì Sū Shì ——Sū Dōngpō ，tā zài bǐngchén nián de zhōngqiūjié ，hējiǔ dà zuì ，yúshì chèn zhe jiǔxìng xiě xià le zhè shǒu cí 。Sū Shì xiězuò de fēnggé yǐ háofàng zhùchēng 。
No problem, let's first take a look at the words. The author was Su Shi, also known as Su Dongpo. On the Mid-Autumn Festival of 1076 he got very drunk, so he made use of the high spirits the drink gave him to write down this ci poem. Su Shi's writing style is famous for its unrestrained style.
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口语课，写作课，听力课
kǒuyǔ kè ，xiězuò kè ，tīnglì kè
speaking class, writing class, listening class
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一代人有一代人的文学。80后作家的成绩是有目共睹的。但毕竟阅历浅，题材单一，写作的深度和广度上面有不少硬伤。一个作家，没有生活阅历和时间积淀是写不出真正的好作品的。
yī dài rén yǒu yī dài rén de wénxué 。bālíng hòu zuòjiā de chéngjì shì yǒumùgòngdǔ de 。dàn bìjìng yuèlì qiǎn ，tícái dānyī ，xiězuò de shēndù hé guǎngdù shàngmian yǒu bùshǎo yìngshāng 。yī ge zuòjiā ，méiyǒu shēnghuó yuèlì hé shíjiān jīdiàn shì xiěbuchū zhēnzhèng de hǎo zuòpǐn de 。
Every generation has their literature. The achievements of authors born in the 80's are clear for all to see. But, when all is said and done, they're inexperienced and their subject matter is all the same. It really has had a negative effect on the depth and scope of their writings. A writer without life experience and the knowledge that accumulates over time can't write a genuinely good piece of literature.
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他们认为中国几千年来使用的文言文式样的书面表达方式不利于思想文化传播。所以为了便于在社会大众中宣传新思想，他们提倡使用更接近日常会话的白话文进行写作和交流。《新青年》就是新文化运动的主战场。
tāmen rènwéi Zhōngguó jǐ qiān nián lái shǐyòng de wényánwén shìyàng de shūmiàn biǎodá fāngshì bù lìyú sīxiǎng wénhuà chuánbō 。suǒyǐ wèile biànyú zài shèhuì dàzhòng zhōng xuānchuán xīn sīxiǎng ，tāmen tíchàng shǐyòng gèng jiējìn rìcháng huìhuà de báihuàwén jìnxíng xiězuò hé jiāoliú 。 xīnqīngnián 》jiùshì xīnwénhuàyùndòng de zhǔ zhànchǎng 。
They believed that the system of only using classical Chinese in writing, which had been in use for thousands of years, wasn't beneficial to the dissemination of thought and culture. So, in order to make this dissemination more convenient for the masses, they advocated the use of current and daily-use language in writing and communication. The literary journal, "New Youth" was the New Culture Movement's primary battlefield.
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