I didn't do the homework.
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写作
Traditional: 寫作
xiě zuò
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xiě zuò · se2 zok3 (Jyutping)
- to write
- to compose
- writing
- written works
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Character breakdown
写
- Meaning
- write; draw, sketch; compose
- Radical
- 冖
- Strokes
- 5
- Components
- ⿱冖与
- Cangjie
- BYSM
- Four-corner
- 3740.0
作
- Meaning
- make; work; compose, write; act, perform
- Radical
- 亻
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- ⿰亻乍
- Cangjie
- OHS
- Four-corner
- 2821.1
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Example sentences
He makes a living as a writer.
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