zuò wéndictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to write an essay / composition (student essay) / CL:篇[piān]
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Original source entry:

作文 作文 [zuo4 wen2] /to write an essay/composition (student essay)/CL:篇[pian1]/

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  • 作
    zuō

    (bound form) worker / (bound form) workshop / (slang) troublesome / high-maintenance (person)

    zuò

    to do / to engage in / to write / to compose / to pretend / to feign / to regard as / to consider to be / to be / to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings / works

  • 文
    wén

    language / culture / writing / formal / literary / gentle / (old) classifier for coins / Kangxi radical 67

    Wén

    surname Wen

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