作法

zuòfǎ
  1. course of action
  2. method of doing sth
  3. practice
  4. modus operandi

CEDICT

  1. (literary) to make laws; to legislate
  2. method; way of doing things
  3. technique of writing
  4. to make laws; to legislate
  5. to perform sorcery; to perform magic

Wiktionary

  1. 创立典章、法律等。
  2. 製作的方法。
  3. 术者施行法术。
  4. 作文章的方法。
  5. 做惩戒的榜样。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 作 zuò
  1. to do; to engage in
  2. to write; to compose
  3. to pretend; to feign
  4. to regard as; to consider to be
  5. to be; to act the part of
  6. to feel (itchy, nauseous etc)
  7. writings; works
=2 法 fǎ variant of 法 fǎ
=2 法 fǎ
  1. law
  2. method
  3. way
  4. to emulate
  5. (Buddhism) dharma
  6. (abbr. for 法家 Fǎjiā) the Legalists
  7. (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉 fǎlā)
=2 法 fǎ
  1. old variant of 法 fǎ
  2. law

Containing this entry

作法自毙 Zuòfǎzìbì

Related entries

实务 shíwù
  1. practice (customary action, as opposed to theory)
  2. practical
实践 shíjiàn
  1. practice
  2. to put into practice
  3. to live up to (a promise)
  4. to carry out (a project)
实践出真知。

Experience brings wisdom.

Source: Tatoeba

实操 shícāo
  1. to actually do (sth) (as opposed to learning how to do it from books etc)
  2. practice (as opposed to theory) (abbr. for 实际操作 shíjìcāozuò)
实际 shíjì
  1. reality
  2. practice
  3. practical
  4. realistic
  5. real
  6. actual
我实际并不知道。

I actually never knew that.

Source: Tatoeba

操练 cāoliàn
  1. drill
  2. practice
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