perfection in simplicity. set piece event (China...). produc. It seems simple—but her writing has a perfect simplicity that takes years and many drafts to master.

 It seems simple—but her writing has a perfect simplicity that takes years and many drafts to master.

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China party rallies for set-piece event 黨代表大會等等自演自的/預先安排之活動。

draft

/drɑːft/

noun

1. 1.

   a preliminary version of a piece of writing.

   "the first draft of the party's manifesto"
2. 2.

   a written order to pay a specified sum.

   Similar:

   cheque

   order

   banker's order

   money order

   bill of exchange

   postal order

   negotiable instrument

verb

1. 1.

   prepare a preliminary version of (a document).

   "I drafted a letter of resignation"
2. 2.

   select (a person or group of people) and bring them somewhere for a certain purpose.

   "he was drafted in to help fix the engine"

adjective

1. US spelling of draught (adjective).

set piece

noun

1. 1.

   a passage or section of a novel, play, film, or piece of music that is arranged in an elaborate or conventional pattern for maximum effect.

   "the film lurches from one comic set piece to another"
2. 2.

   BRITISH

   a carefully organized and practised move in a team game by which the ball is returned to play, as at a scrum or a free kick.

   "in the 89th minute another set piece produced the third goal"
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   [C]1（小説・劇・映画・音楽などの）定番（の見せ場），主要なモチーフ
   2《スポーツ》セットプレー（◇フリーキック・コーナーキックなどの）；《軍事》軍事作戦；正式なスピーチ；仕掛け花火；《演劇》（舞台の）小道具