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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *起* | 起* | *起
to rise / to raise / to get up / to set out / to start / to appear / to launch / to initiate (action) / to draft / to establish / to get (from a depot or counter) / verb suffix, to start / starting from (a time, place, price etc) / classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance / classifier for groups: batch, group
HSK 1
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *草* | 草* | *草
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL: , , ,
HSK 2
draft of a document / script / manuscript / mental plan / precedent
HSK 6
to make a draft / to draw up (plans)
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *拟* | 拟* | *拟
to plan to / to draft (a plan) / to imitate / to assess / to compare / pseudo-
HSK 7-9
to draw up / to draft / to formulate
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *征* | 征* | *征
to invite / to recruit / to levy (taxes) / to draft (troops) / phenomenon / symptom / characteristic sign (used as proof) / evidence
HSK 7-9
to order sb around / (coll.) to handle (a draught animal, tool, machine etc) / Taiwan pr. [shi3 huan4]
HSK 7-9
draft (legislation, proposal etc)
HSK 7-9
to chart; to sketch; to draft; to plot
proposal / draft resolution / motion (to be debated) / to propose a bill / to make a proposal
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *稿* | 稿* | *稿
manuscript / draft / stalk of grain
model or template character / written slogan or phrase / mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc)
to select talented individuals / (sports) draft
to draw; to draft (a map, blueprint, diagram, illustration etc)
compass (drafting)
(cartography) to make a map / (architecture etc) to draft; to draw (blueprints) / (graphic design) to create graphics
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *鞅* | 鞅* | *鞅
wooden yoke for a draft ox
first draft / to draw up (a first version)
manuscript / article (in newspaper) / draft
drinking water / to obtain water (for daily needs) / to absorb water / draft (of ship)
to enlist / to draft / to conscript / to appoint to an official position
draft paper
stream of air / airflow / slipstream / draft / breath / turbulence (of aircraft)
loose goods / goods sold open / draft (of beer, as opposed to bottled)
draft / outline / sketch
herbaceous / original draft (of a manuscript etc)
a forced draft (of wind, for smelting metal) / blast (in blast furnace) / bellows / to draw air using bellows
to ventilate / to induce a draft / spasm / convulsion
bill of exchange / bank draft
to mow grass / haymaking / to write a rough draft (of an essay etc)
to read (a draft) / to review
to draft (a statement)
surviving manuscript / bequeathed draft (of book)
to make a draft / to draft (a document)
draft
to suspend taxes momentarily / to postpone military draft
to pull a carriage (of draft animal)
harness pad (on draft animal)
pulling power (of draft animals)
draft beer / unpasteurized beer
draft animal
draft animal / beast of burden
to draft (a plan etc)
Draft History of the Qing Dynasty, sometimes listed as number 25 or 26 of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Zhao Erxun 趙爾巽|赵尔巽 in 1927 during the Northern Warlords period, 536 scrolls
harness pad (on draft animal)
(literary) panting (of draft animals) / (literary) impressively numerous
to draft; to devise; to compose
draft beer / unpasteurized beer
a blast furnace (in modern times) / a draft assisted furnace for smelting metals
draft remittance
to present (a draft) for acceptance (commerce)
revised draft / new version (of a document)
amendment / revised draft
first draft (of writing)
draft animal / beast of burden
draft animals / beasts of burden
draft beer
to sketch / to draft / to lay the foundation
to produce a draft manuscript
to draft / to draw up / to compose (a plan or document)
proposal / recommendation / to draft
wooden yoke for a draft ox
negotiable instrument (draft, note etc) / voucher; receipt
flow of air / draft
Zhao Erxun (1844-1927), modern historian, compiled the Draft History of the Qing dynasty 清史稿
draft beer / unpasteurized beer


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