照搬

zhàobān

verb #28,150

Meanings

1 to copy mechanically
2 to imitate without adaptation
3 to transplant wholesale

Characters

according to; to follow; to illuminate

to move; to carry; to transplant

Examples

HSK 3

不能照搬外国经验，要结合本国实际。

Bùnéng zhàobān wàiguó jīngyàn, yào jiéhé běnguó shíjì.

You can't mechanically copy foreign experience; you need to adapt it to local conditions.

HSK 4

他把书里的方案照搬过来，效果并不好。

Tā bǎ shū lǐ de fāng'àn zhàobān guòlái, xiàoguǒ bìngbù hǎo.

He copied the plan from the book without adaptation, and the result wasn't good.

Tips

usage

照搬 carries a negative connotation - it implies copying blindly without thinking about whether it fits the new context. It often appears in critiques of policy or academic work.

Stroke Order

照 zhào

搬 bān