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Definition
To solicit articles or poems publicly.
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How it's used
Focuses on the act of calling for submissions rather than the writing process itself. It is almost exclusively used in formal or institutional contexts like schools, magazines, or organizations seeking creative content from the public. You will rarely hear it used in casual, one-on-one conversation outside of discussing specific contests or calls for entries.
Examples
The school is holding a writing competition recently.
Do you know where there are any writing solicitation events?
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
