炮制

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

CEDICT

  1. (figurative, derogatory) to concoct; to cook up
  2. (traditional Chinese medicine) to concoct medicine using heat; to prepare (medicine)
  3. to concoct medicine using heat; to prepare (medicine)
  4. to concoct; to cook up

Wiktionary

用火炼药，去其偏性，使成精品，以加强疗效。也作「炮炼」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 炮 páo to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)
=2 制 zhì
  1. system
  2. to control
  3. to regulate
  4. variant of 制 zhì
=2 制 zhì
  1. to manufacture
  2. to make

Containing this entry

如法炮制 rúfǎpáozhì
  1. lit. to follow the recipe (idiom)
  2. fig. to follow a set pattern

Related entries

臆造 yìzào
  1. to concoct
  2. to dream up
胡编 húbiān
  1. to make things up
  2. to concoct (a story, an excuse etc)
配制 pèizhì
  1. to compound (medicines etc)
  2. to prepare (by mixing ingredients)
  3. to concoct
编造 biānzào
  1. to compile
  2. to draw up
  3. to fabricate
  4. to invent
  5. to concoct
  6. to make up
  7. to cook up
他编造了一个借口。

He made up an excuse.

He thought up an excuse.

Source: Tatoeba

发明 fāmíng
  1. to invent
  2. an invention

classifier: 個

那是谁发明的？

Who invented that?

Source: Tatoeba

造 zào
  1. to make
  2. to build
  3. to manufacture
  4. to invent
  5. to fabricate
  6. to go to
  7. party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement)
  8. crop
  9. classifier for crops
桥在建造中。

The bridge is under construction.

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杜撰 dùzhuàn
  1. to fabricate
  2. to make sth up
  3. invented
瞎编 xiābiān to fabricate (a story)
捏造 niēzào
  1. to make up
  2. to fabricate
躗 wèi
  1. to exaggerate
  2. to fabricate
  3. falsehood
假造 jiǎzào
  1. to forge
  2. fake
  3. to fabricate (a story)
这张钞票是假造的。

This banknote is a forgery.

This is a forged banknote.

Source: Tatoeba

捏 niē
  1. to hold between the thumb and fingers
  2. to pinch
  3. to mold (using the fingers)
  4. to hold (lit. in one's hand and fig.)
  5. to join together
  6. to fabricate (a story, a report, etc)
汤姆捏了玛丽的手。

Tom squeezed Mary's hand.

Source: Tatoeba

编 biān
  1. to weave
  2. to plait
  3. to organize
  4. to group
  5. to arrange
  6. to edit
  7. to compile
  8. to write
  9. to compose
  10. to fabricate
  11. to make up
誰幫你編頭髮？

Who braids your hair for you?

Source: Tatoeba

出产 chūchǎn
  1. to produce (by natural growth, or by manufacture, mining etc)
  2. to yield
  3. to turn out
  4. produce
  5. products
摄制 shèzhì to produce (a TV show etc)
派生 pàishēng
  1. to produce (from sth else)
  2. to derive (from raw material)
  3. derivative
产出 chǎnchū
  1. to produce (graduates, breast milk, toxic waste, creative ideas etc)
  2. output
结 jiē
  1. (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds)
  2. Taiwan pr. jié
你结过婚吗？

Did you ever get married?

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制取 zhìqǔ (chemistry) to produce
印制 yìnzhì
  1. to print
  2. to produce (a publication)
萌生 méngshēng
  1. to burgeon
  2. to produce
  3. to conceive
  4. to be in the initial stage
创造 chuàngzào
  1. to create
  2. to bring about
  3. to produce
  4. to set (a record)
上帝创造了世界

God created the world.

Source: Tatoeba

产 chǎn
  1. to give birth
  2. to reproduce
  3. to produce
  4. product
  5. resource
  6. estate
  7. property
乳牛產奶。

Cows produce milk.

Source: Tatoeba

生出 shēngchū
  1. to give birth
  2. to grow (whiskers etc)
  3. to generate
  4. to produce
一个由全善的上帝所创造出来的世界又怎么能产生出恶来呢？

How can a world produce evil when it's created by an omnibenevolent God?

Source: Tatoeba

加工 jiāgōng
  1. to process
  2. processing
  3. working (of machinery)
這是一種再加工茶葉。

This is a type of reprocessed tea.

Source: Tatoeba

提炼 tíliàn
  1. to extract (ore, minerals etc)
  2. to refine
  3. to purify
  4. to process
油是从橄榄中提炼出来的。

Oil is extracted from olives.

Source: Tatoeba