泡制
pào zhì
Pinyin

Definition

泡制
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pào zhì
  1. to brew
  2. to infuse
  3. to pickle

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

zhì
  1. 1 system
  2. 2 to control
  3. 3 to regulate
  4. 4 variant: 制 zhì
zhì dù
  1. 1 system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc)
  2. 2 institution
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
shí míng zhì
  1. 1 system for identifying users (on a rail network, the Internet etc)
kòng zhì
  1. 1 control
  2. 2 to exercise control over
  3. 3 to contain
pāo
  1. 1 puffed
  2. 2 swollen
  3. 3 spongy
  4. 4 small lake (esp. in place names)
  5. 5 classifier for urine or feces

Idioms (11)

一点水一个泡
yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào
  1. 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
以夷制夷
yǐ yí zhì yí
  1. 1 to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)
  2. 2 Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
先发制人
xiān fā zhì rén
  1. 1 to gain the initiative by striking first (idiom); to preempt
  2. 2 to anticipate
  3. 3 preemptive
化为泡影
huà wéi pào yǐng
  1. 1 to come to nothing (idiom)
因地制宜
yīn dì zhì yí
  1. 1 (idiom) to use methods in line with local circumstances