炮制 (炮製)
páo zhì
Pinyin

Definition

炮制 (炮製)
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páo zhì
  1. to concoct
  2. to invent
  3. to fabricate
  4. to produce
  5. to process
  6. processing and curing (Chinese medicine)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

鞭炮
biān pào
  1. 1 firecrackers
  2. 2 string of small firecrackers
  3. 3 classifier: 枚 méi
大炮
dà pào
  1. 1 big gun
  2. 2 cannon
  3. 3 artillery
  4. 4 one who talks big
  5. 5 trad. form 大炮 also used
  6. 6 classifier: 门 mén
  7. 7 classifier: 尊 zūn
炮
bāo
  1. 1 to sauté
  2. 2 to fry
  3. 3 to dry by heating
炮仗
pào zhang
  1. 1 firecracker
炮竹
pào zhú
  1. 1 firecracker

Idioms (7)

一炮打响
yī pào dǎ xiǎng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to start off successfully
一炮而红
yī pào ér hóng
  1. 1 to win instant success (idiom)
  2. 2 to become an instant hit
丢轮扯炮
diū lún chě pào
  1. 1 lose a wheel, tear at the gun (idiom); flustered and confused in a panic
如法炮制
rú fǎ páo zhì
  1. 1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to follow a set pattern
放马后炮
fàng mǎ hòu pào
  1. 1 to fire after the horse has bolted (idiom); to act too late to be effective