如法炮制
rú​fǎ​páo​zhì

to follow a set pattern

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    依法炮制 / 依法炮製 yī​fǎ​páo​zhì

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

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    如法泡制 / 如法泡製 rú​fǎ​pào​zhì

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  • created reference approved 如法炮制/如法炮製 → 照猫画虎/照貓畫虎 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    照猫画虎 / 照貓畫虎 zhào​māo​huà​hǔ

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  • created reference approved 如法炮制/如法炮製 → 依样画葫芦/依樣畫葫蘆 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    依样画葫芦 / 依樣畫葫蘆 yī​yàng​huà​hú​lu

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  • created reference approved 如法炮制/如法炮製 → 别出心裁/別出心裁 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    如法炮制 / 如法炮製 rú​fǎ​páo​zhì

    别出心裁 / 別出心裁 bié​chū​xīn​cái

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  • created reference approved 如法炮制/如法炮製 → 不落窠臼 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    不落窠臼 bù​luò​kē​jiù

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  • created sense approved 如法炮制/如法炮製 · rú​fǎ​páo​zhì · to follow a set pattern — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

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    rú​fǎ​páo​zhì

    to follow a set pattern

    Literally meaning to prepare Chinese medicine according to a traditional recipe, this idiom is used to describe following a set pattern, imitating an existing method, or doing something exactly as it has been done before. Often carries a slightly negative tone of being unoriginal.

    如 (literal) → 如 · rú · to follow 法 (literal) → 法 · fǎ · method 炮制 (literal) → 炮制/炮製 · páo​zhì · to process medicine

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