翻版

fānbǎn
noun #21,264

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 reprint
  2. 2 reproduction
  3. 3 pirate copy
  4. 4 (figuratively) imitation / carbon copy / clone

Examples

Zhè bù diànyǐng bùguò shì jiù piàn de fānbǎn, háo wú xīnyì.
This film is nothing more than a carbon copy of the old one — completely unoriginal.
Tā shì tā fùqīn de fānbǎn, lián shuōhuà fāngshì dōu yīyàng.
He is the spitting image of his father — even their way of speaking is the same.

Tips

usage
翻版 literally means to reprint a book, but figuratively it is very commonly used to describe a person or thing that is a near-copy of another — much like 'carbon copy' or 'clone' in English.

Stroke Order

fān
bǎn