to ask respectfully for someone to revise one's writing
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to ask respectfully for revision (of a manuscript)
honorificA classical term combining '笔' (to write) and '削' (to scrape off, referring to ancient editing on bamboo slips). It's an honorific request for editorial correction, used in formal or literary contexts.
Zhuō拙
zuò作
yī一
piān篇
，
jìng敬
qí祈
xiān先
sheng生
bǐ笔
xuē削
。
Here is my clumsy writing; I respectfully request you, sir, to revise it.
Zhè这
piān篇
lùn论
wén文
chū初
chéng成
，
tè特
qǐng请
jiào教
shòu授
bǐ笔
xuē削
yī一
èr二
。
This thesis is just drafted; I specifically invite the professor to make some revisions.
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Gǔ古
dài代
zuò作
zhě者
cháng常
qǐng请
qián前
bèi辈
míng名
shì士
bǐ笔
xuē削
qí其
wén文
。
Ancient authors often asked eminent seniors to revise their writings.