取材
qǔcái
to draw material from; to use as source material
Characters in this word
材 cái
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 木 — tree
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这部小说取材于真实案件，却淡化了具体人物的身份。 Zhè bù xiǎoshuō qǔcái yú zhēnshí ànjiàn, què dànhuà le jùtǐ rénwù de shēnfèn. This novel draws its material from a real case, but it downplays the identities of specific people.
- 作家的灵感取材于日常生活。 Zuòjiā de línghǎn qǔcái yú rìcháng shēnghuó. The writer draws inspiration from everyday life.
- 这部纪录片取材于当地渔民的口述。 Zhè bù jìlùpiàn qǔcái yú dāngdì yúmín de kǒushù. This documentary draws its material from the oral accounts of local fishermen.
Related words
- 取 qǔ to take; to pick up
- 取得 qǔdé to achieve; to obtain
- 采取 cǎiqǔ to take; to adopt
- 取消 qǔxiāo to cancel
- 争取 zhēngqǔ to strive for; to win over
- 获取 huòqǔ to obtain
- 录取 lùqǔ to admit; to accept into school
- 夺取 duóqǔ to capture, to take by force
- 取代 qǔdài to replace
- 收取 shōuqǔ to collect
- 提取 tíqǔ to extract
- 听取 tīngqǔ to listen to, to hear