"copying" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
传抄傳抄	chuán chāo		to copy (a text) from person to person / (of a text) to be transmitted by copying	syn
邯郸学步邯鄲學步	hán dān xué bù		to copy the way they walk in Handan (idiom) / slavishly copying others, one risks becoming a caricature	syn
仿纸仿紙	fǎng zhǐ		copying paper (with printed model characters and blank squares for writing practice)
做小抄	zuò xiǎo chāo		to prepare a crib sheet / to crib / to cheat by copying
影本	yǐng běn		copy (of a document) / book with model calligraphy for copying
翻摄翻攝	fān shè		to create an image or video by copying an existing one (e.g. taking a photo of a picture in a magazine, recording a video playing on a monitor, taking a screenshot of an online photo) / to remake (a film or TV show)
误缮誤繕	wù shàn		to miswrite (while copying written material) / to transcribe incorrectly / to make a clerical error
乌焉成马烏焉成馬	wū yān chéng mǎ		(idiom) It describes copying errors in a text caused by the resemblance between certain characters.
舄乌虎帝舄烏虎帝	xì wū hǔ dì		(idiom) It refers to errors arising in the copying or transmission of a text, especially when characters have similar forms.
寻章摘句尋章摘句	xún zhāng zhāi jù		(idiom) Originally, it referred to searching for and copying fragments from books to reuse in one’s writing.	syn
自出心裁	zì chū xīn cái		(idiom) To create something independently, without copying or imitating others.
三写成乌三寫成烏	sān xiě chéng wū		(idiom) Hand-copying ancient texts can lead to successive errors and alterations. It has the same meaning as “three copies change a character.”
亥豕相望	hài shǐ xiāng wàng		(idiom) Describes a text containing many copying errors or miswritten characters.
亥豕鲁鱼亥豕魯魚	hài shǐ lǔ yú		(idiom) To mistake the character hai for shi and lu for yu / refers to errors made in copying or printing texts.
目披手抄	mù pī shǒu chāo		(idiom) To read while copying passages, describing diligent and devoted study.
豕亥鱼鲁豕亥魚魯	shǐ hài yú lǔ		(idiom) Refers to character errors caused by copying or printing books.
豕分蛇断	shǐ fēn shé duàn		(idiom) Describes a text that has become fragmented and broken up, especially through faulty copying or transmission.
马中关五馬中關五	mǎ zhōng guān wǔ		(idiom) A variant expression for errors in copying or printing. It refers to character mistakes introduced while a book is being transmitted or printed.
鲁鱼陶阴	lǔ yú táo yīn		(idiom) It refers to character errors caused by copying or printing, especially when similar-looking forms are confused.

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