取材 (qǔ cái) — to gather material (for creative or journalistic work)
Definition
"取材" means to gather source material for writing, film, or research — it focuses on the act of collecting raw material, not publishing it. The phrase commonly pairs with 于/自 to indicate the source.
verb
to gather material (for creative or journalistic work)
Examples
- 取材。Zhè bù diàn yǐng qǔ cái yú yí gè zhēn shí shì jiàn.This movie is based on a true event.
- ，取材。Zuò jiā wèi le xiě xiǎo shuō, qù nóng cūn qǔ cái.The writer went to the countryside to gather material for his novel.
- 取材。Zhè piān lùn wén qǔ cái zì dà liàng lì shǐ wén xiàn.This paper draws its material from a large number of historical documents.
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