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

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.

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