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塑造

sùzào

“To model” in Chinese is 塑造 (sùzào).

Meaning

  • to model; to mold
  • (fig.) to create (a character, a market, an image etc)
  • (fig.) (literature) to portray (in words)

Example

塑造木头并不容易。

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

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