炮制
páo zhì
Pinyin

Definition

炮制
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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 CL: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 CL:門|门[mén],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
炮制
páo zhì
  1. 1 to concoct
  2. 2 to invent
  3. 3 to fabricate
  4. 4 to produce
  5. 5 to process
  6. 6 processing and curing (Chinese medicine)
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
低音炮
dī yīn pào
  1. 1 subwoofer
加农炮
jiā nóng pào
  1. 1 cannon (loanword)
如法炮制
rú fǎ páo zhì
  1. 1 lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to follow a set pattern
娘炮
niáng pào
  1. 1 (slang) effeminate man
  2. 2 sissy
  3. 3 effeminate
小钢炮
xiǎo gāng pào
  1. 1 (coll.) piece of light artillery such as a mortar
  2. 2 (fig.) person who speaks boldly and frankly
  3. 3 hot hatch (car)
  4. 4 (also used figuratively with various meanings in other contexts)
打炮
dǎ pào
  1. 1 to open fire with artillery
  2. 2 to set off firecrackers
  3. 3 to make one's stage debut
  4. 4 (slang) to have sex
  5. 5 to masturbate
排炮
pái pào
  1. 1 to fire a salvo
  2. 2 broadside
  3. 3 cannonade
放大炮
fàng dà pào
  1. 1 to talk big
  2. 2 to shoot one's mouth off
放空炮
fàng kōng pào
  1. 1 (lit.) to fire blank shots
  2. 2 (fig.) to be all talk and no action
  3. 3 to shoot one's mouth off
  4. 4 to make empty promises
榴弹炮
liú dàn pào
  1. 1 howitzer
枪炮
qiāng pào
  1. 1 firearm
机关炮
jī guān pào
  1. 1 machine cannon
  2. 2 machine-gun cannon

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
炮火连天
pào huǒ lián tiān
  1. 1 cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war
鸟枪换炮
niǎo qiāng huàn pào
  1. 1 bird shotgun replaced by cannon (idiom); equipment improved enormously

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