如法炮制

lit. to follow the recipe (idiom) / fig. to follow a set pattern

as / as if / such as

variant of 法[fa3]

France / French / abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2] / Taiwan pr. [Fa4]

law / method / way / to emulate / (Buddhism) dharma / (abbr. for 法家[Fa3 jia1]) the Legalists / (physics) farad (abbr. for 法拉[fa3 la1])

old variant of 法[fa3] / law

system / to control / to regulate / variant of 製|制[zhi4]

to manufacture / to make

to sauté / to fry / to dry by heating

to prepare herbal medicine by roasting or parching (in a pan)

cannon / CL:座[zuo4] / firecracker

variant of 炮[pao4]

to concoct / to invent / to fabricate / to produce / to process / processing and curing (Chinese medicine)