🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

复印件

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fùyìn jiàn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Carbon copy/ˈkɑːr.bən ˌkɑː.pi/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"我做了一份复印件。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An exact duplicate of something, especially a document.

    "I made a carbon copy of the report for my records."
  2. 2

    A person or thing that closely resembles another.

    "Her mannerisms are a carbon copy of her mother's."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the mid-19th century practice of using carbon paper to make simultaneous duplicate copies of typewritten or handwritten documents. Over time, the term evolved metaphorically to describe an exact duplicate or facsimile of a person, event, or thing.

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