如法泡製
rú​fǎ​pào​zhì

to follow a set pattern

  • created reference approved 如法泡制/如法泡製 → 如法炮制/如法炮製 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    如法炮制 / 如法炮製 rú​fǎ​páo​zhì

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  • created reference approved 如法泡制/如法泡製 → 依法炮制/依法炮製 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    如法泡制 / 如法泡製 rú​fǎ​pào​zhì

    依法炮制 / 依法炮製 yī​fǎ​páo​zhì

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  • created sense approved 如法泡制/如法泡製 · rú​fǎ​pào​zhì · to follow a set pattern — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    如法泡制 / 如法泡製

    rú​fǎ​pào​zhì

    to follow a set pattern

    To follow a set pattern or existing method; to do something in a conventional way based on a previous example. Originally referred to preparing Chinese herbal medicine according to traditional recipes.

    rú​fǎ​páo​zhì

    如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to follow 法 (literal) → 法 · fǎ · method 泡制 (literal) → 泡制/泡製 · pào​zhì · to brew

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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