题材 (tí cái) — subject matter; theme (of a literary or artistic work)
Definition
题材 is the 'subject matter' of a creative work — the raw material an artist or writer draws on, like a novelist's 题材 of war. Compare 主题 (the work's central theme/idea) and 题目 (title or exam question).
noun
subject mattertheme (of a literary or artistic work)
Examples
- 题材。Zhè wèi zuò jiā zuì xǐ huan xiě ài qíng tí cái.This writer loves most to write about romantic subject matter.
- 题材，。Nà bù xiǎo shuō de tí cái fēi cháng shēn kè, zhí dé yì dú.The subject matter of that novel is very profound and worth reading.
- 题材。Zhè wèi huà jiā de tí cái dà duō lái zì dà zì rán.Most of this painter's subject matter comes from nature.
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