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Mandarin · pinyin nǐ zuò

to write in the style of some author
to write as if from the mouth of sb
a pastiche

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作: zuò · make; work; compose, write; act, perform
拟: nǐ · draft; intend, plan, propose

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3–4 · ni3 zuo4

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