取材

qǔ cái

HSK 7–9

Meaning

选取材料，多用于写作、影视、艺术创作等领域。

To gather or select materials, often used in writing, filmmaking, or artistic creation.

通常用于表示从现实生活中收集素材或从特定来源获取创作所需的内容。

Typically used to indicate collecting materials from real life or obtaining content from specific sources for creative work.

1 这部电影取材于真实事件。 (This movie is based on true events.)
2 作家经常从民间传说中取材。 (Writers often draw material from folklore.)
3 记者需要深入现场取材。 (Journalists need to go to the scene to gather materials.)
4 这位画家从大自然中取材，创作了许多风景画。 (This painter draws inspiration from nature and has created many landscape paintings.)
5 为了写这部小说，作者亲自到农村取材。 (To write this novel, the author personally went to the countryside to gather materials.)

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