翻版

Mandarin · pinyin fān bǎn

Meanings

  1. to reprint
  2. reproduction
  3. pirate copy
  4. (fig.) imitation
  5. carbon copy
  6. clone
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翻
fān · flip over, upset, capsize
版
bǎn · printing blocks; edition
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1–3 · fan1 ban3

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faan1 baan2

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noun

  1. reprint; reproduction; refurbished version
  2. pirated version; imitation

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