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

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