仿效 (fǎng xiào) — to imitate, to emulate, to follow (someone's) example

Definition

仿效 (fǎngxiào) is a formal verb meaning to imitate or emulate a method or model — used in writing about learning from others' examples, more literary than the everyday 模仿.

verb
to imitateto emulateto follow (someone's) example

Examples

  • 仿效
    Tā nǔ lì fǎng xiào qián bèi de zuò fǎ.
    He works hard to imitate the methods of his predecessors.
  • 仿效
    Wǒ men yīng gāi fǎng xiào nà xiē chéng gōng rén shì de jīng yàn.
    We should emulate the experiences of those successful people.
  • 仿效
    Xué xí wài yǔ shí, kě yǐ fǎng xiào mǔ yǔ zhě de fā yīn.
    When learning a foreign language, you can imitate the pronunciation of native speakers.

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