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piece of writing submitted for publication
draft of a document
to submit articles for publication
to make a draft
manuscript
manuscript
manuscript of a book
to revise a manuscript
rough sketch
wire copy
manuscript
Notice where 稿 sits in each complete thought.
After today, I want to send the manuscript to a publishing house.
Source: Tatoeba #420130 · CC BY 2.0 FRHey, could you send over a stack of manuscripts straight away?
Source: Tatoeba #420628 · CC BY 2.0 FRHe showed me the manuscript of his new play.
Source: Tatoeba #2393391 · CC BY 2.0 FRThis is the ideology to which my speech is written.
Source: Tatoeba #336853 · CC BY 2.0 FRWho hasn't busted their back on deadline day?
Source: Tatoeba #13974156 · CC BY 2.0 FRHe compared the copy with the original.
Source: Tatoeba #430972 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.