起草

qǐ cǎo · qi cao

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to make a draft
  2. to draw up (plans)

In a sentence

2 examples
01

委(wěi)员(yuán)会(huì)正(zhèng)在(zài)起(qǐ)草(cǎo)一(yí)份(fèn)新(xīn)的(de)合(hé)同(tóng)。

The committee is drafting a new contract.

02

他(tā)花(huā)了(le)一(yì)整(zhěng)晚(wǎn)起(qǐ)草(cǎo)这(zhè)份(fèn)报(bào)告(gào)。

He spent the whole night drafting this report.

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