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1 to put out
2 to come up with
3 to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)
4 to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)
5 to draw (conclusion)
6 to deliver (speech, judgment)
7 to devise (explanation)
8 to extract

作品

zuò pǐn

1 work (of art)
2 opus
3 classifier: 部 bù
4 classifier: 篇 piān

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休

yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū

1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
3 in for a penny, in for a pound

以身作则

yǐ shēn zuò zé

1 to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model

作威作福

zuò wēi zuò fú

1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people

作茧自缚

zuò jiǎn zì fù

1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
2 hoist by his own petard

作鸟兽散

zuò niǎo shòu sàn

1 lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
2 fig. to head off in various directions
3 to flee helter-skelter

Sample Sentences

一点也没错，超做作。不过不得不承认他去年勤于健身，你看看他现在满身肌肉，身材好得一塌糊涂啊！

yīdiǎn yě méi cuò ，chāo zuòzuò 。bùguò bùdébù chéngrèn tā qùnián qínyú jiànshēn ，nǐ kàn kan tā xiànzài mǎnshēn jīròu ，shēncái hǎo de yītāhútu ā ！

You're right! How pretentious. But you have to admit that last year he's worked really hard on his body. See how he's so muscly all over now, and his body is so banging it blows your mind!

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我有时也会偷懒不想做作业，或者掐点赴约，算是拖延症吗？

wǒ yǒushí yě huì tōulǎn bù xiǎng zuò zuòyè ，huò zhě qiādiǎn fùyuē ，suàn shì tuōyánzhèng ma ？

Sometimes I get lazy too and don't want to do my homework and sometimes I only make appointments by the skin of my teeth, do I count as a career procrastinator?

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哥哥说做作业很无聊，他不喜欢做作业。

gēge shuō zuò zuòyè hěn wúliáo ，tā bù xǐhuan zuò zuòyè 。

My brother says that doing homework is really boring. He doesn't like doing homework.

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你还挺小资的嘛！不过现在国内爱听爵士的人真是挺多的，有些是真喜欢，有些却是不懂装懂，把听爵士当成身份的象征。多做作！

nǐ hái tǐng xiǎozī de ma ！bùguò xiànzài guónèi ài tīng juéshì de rén zhēnshì tǐng duō de ，yǒuxiē shì zhēn xǐhuan ，yǒuxiē què shì bùdǒngzhuāngdǒng ，bǎ tīng juéshì dāngchéng shēnfèn de xiàngzhēng 。duō zuòzuo ！

You're a real hedonist! But these days a lot of people in China love jazz. Some people really like it, others just pretend they understand it. They make listening to jazz a sort of status symbol. It's so pretentious!

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我昨天玩到十点才开始做作业。

wǒ zuótiān wán dào shí diǎn cái kāishǐ zuò zuòyè 。

Last night I played until 10 o'clock before finally starting my homework.

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你怎么又没做作业？

nǐ zěnme yòu méi zuò zuòyè ？

How come you didn't do your homework again?

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管小孩儿一般是监督他有没有做作业，有没有吃饭，不要出去玩，等等。

guǎn xiǎoháir yībān shì jiāndū tā yǒumeiyǒu zuò zuòyè ，yǒumeiyǒu chīfàn ，bù yào chūqù wán ，děngdeng 。

Dealing with the kids usually means supervising whether or not they've done their homework, whether or not they've eaten, not letting them go out to play, etc.

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你觉得胡搅蛮缠不对，说不定别人还觉得特别有魅力呢。毕竟撒娇是种挺主观的行为。我有几个外国朋友，不论男女，都觉得撒娇特别做作，一点儿都不可爱。

nǐ juéde hújiǎománchán bùduì ，shuōbudìng biérén hái juéde tèbié yǒu mèilì ne 。bìjìng sājiāo shì zhǒng tǐng zhǔguān de xíngwéi 。wǒ yǒu jǐ ge wàiguó péngyou ，bùlùn nánnǚ ，dōu juéde sājiāo tèbié zuòzuò ，yīdiǎnr dōu bù kě ài 。

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