1 mode

2 method

3 pattern

1 template

2 (architecture) formwork

1 variant: 老板 lǎo bǎn

1 exactly the same (idiom)

2 carbon copy

3 also pr. [yī mó yī yàng]

1 motherboard (computing)

1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter

2 scrupulous attention to detail

1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail

1 exactly the same (idiom)

2 carbon copy

3 also pr. [yī mó yī yàng]

1 (idiom) to pose

2 to put on airs

1 to be badly mangled or mutilated (idiom)