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起草

qǐcǎo
verb HSK 7 #9,938

Meanings

  1. 1 to draft
  2. 2 to draw up (a document)

Examples

律师正在起草合同。
Lǜshī zhèngzài qǐcǎo hétong.
The lawyer is drafting the contract.
他负责起草这份报告。
Tā fùzé qǐcǎo zhè fèn bàogào.
He is responsible for drafting this report.

Tips

memory
草 means 'grass' but also 'rough/draft' (as in 草稿 cǎogǎo). 起草 = to start a rough version.

Stroke Order

起 qǐ
草 cǎo