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模仿

Mandarin · pinyin mó fǎng

to imitate
to copy
to emulate
to mimic
model

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模: mó · model, standard, pattern; copy
仿: fǎng · imitate, copy; as if

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2–3 · mo2 fang3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

mou4 fong2

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verb

to imitate; to copy; to emulate; to mimic; to model
to follow the example of; to take as one's model; to pattern after

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