- 如法炮制 rúfǎpáozhì to follow a set patternLiterally 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.
- 依法炮制 yīfǎpáozhì to follow a set patternTo follow an established method or previous example; to copy someone else's way of doing things. Originally used to describe the processing of traditional medicine according to standard formulas.