照样 zhàoyàng as before
as before; (same) as usual; in the same manner; still; nevertheless
怎么记住“照样”: 照 shine + 样 appearance = as before.
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用法
- Still / all the same, despite something - 没有他，我们照样能做 (méiyǒu tā, wǒmen zhàoyàng néng zuò) even without him we can do it just fine.
- Concessive adverb: emphasizes that a result holds unchanged in spite of an obstacle.
- Separately it can mean 'following the same pattern' (照样做一个 make one just like it), but the 'still, nonetheless' use is most common in speech.