素材
sù cái
Pinyin

Definition

素材
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sù cái
  1. source material (in literature and art)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

元素
yuán sù
  1. 1 element
  2. 2 element of a set
  3. 3 chemical element
因素
yīn sù
  1. 1 element
  2. 2 factor
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
材料
cái liào
  1. 1 material
  2. 2 data
  3. 3 makings
  4. 4 stuff
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
  6. 6 classifier: 种 zhǒng
素
sù
  1. 1 raw silk
  2. 2 white
  3. 3 plain, unadorned
  4. 4 vegetarian (food)
  5. 5 essence
  6. 6 nature
  7. 7 element
  8. 8 constituent
  9. 9 usually
  10. 10 always
  11. 11 ever
素质
sù zhì
  1. 1 inner quality
  2. 2 basic essence

Idioms (12)

不见棺材不落泪
bù jiàn guān cai bù luò lèi
  1. 1 lit. not to shed a tear until one sees the coffin (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. refuse to be convinced until one is faced with grim reality
勤俭朴素
qín jiǎn pǔ sù
  1. 1 hardworking, thrifty, plain, and simple (idiom)
因材施教
yīn cái shī jiào
  1. 1 (idiom) to teach in line with the student's ability
大材小用
dà cái xiǎo yòng
  1. 1 using a talented person in an insignificant position (idiom)
  2. 2 a sledgehammer to crack a nut
尸位素餐
shī wèi sù cān
  1. 1 to hold a sinecure (idiom)

Sample Sentences

现在是什么时代？现在讲的是战略。我们现在有这么好的素材，当然要放长线钓大鱼咯。让他们发展，我们就看准时机，然后出手。到时候，这条新闻可就不是一顿饭那么简单了。这就是战略，知道吧？
xiànzài shì shénme shídài ？xiànzài jiǎng de shì zhànlüè 。wǒmen xiànzài yǒu zhème hǎo de sùcái ，dāngrán yào fàng chángxiàn diào dàyú lo 。ràng tāmen fāzhǎn ，wǒmen jiù kànzhǔn shíjī ，ránhòu chūshǒu 。dào shíhou ，zhè tiáo xīnwén kě jiù bù shì yī dùn fàn nàme jiǎndān le 。zhè jiùshì zhànlüè ，zhīdào ba ？
What era is this? What we're talking about here is strategy. What good stuff do we have to talk about now? Of course we need to lay a big trap to catch big prey. Let's let them develop, and when we see that the time is right, we can act. When the time comes, this won't be a simple little piece of news. This is strategy. Do you get it?
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那我们怎么办？如果他们吃一顿饭就没下文了，我们不是白白浪费了一个大好素材？
nà wǒmen zěnme bàn ？rúguǒ tāmen chī yī dùn fàn jiù méi xiàwén le ，wǒmen bù shì báibái làngfèi le yī ge dàhǎo sùcái ？
Then what can we do? If they eat a meal together, and then there's nothing later, doesn't that mean we just wasted a big story?
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