# 草案 (cǎo'àn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 草案 (cǎo'àn) means “draft (of a law)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: draft (of a law)
- Pinyin: cǎo'àn (cao3 an4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 委员会正在讨论这份新的法律草案。
  Wěiyuánhuì zhèngzài tǎolùn zhè fèn xīn de fǎlǜ cǎo'àn.
  The committee is discussing this new law draft.

## Characters

- [草](https://hanziro.com/word/cao-grass/) (cǎo): grass
- 案 (àn): (legal) case; incident

https://hanziro.com/word/cao-an-draft/

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