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Takes notes Chinese style? (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

writes down

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'takes notes' is the definition.
'writes down' can be an answer for 'notes' (I've seen this before). I am unsure of the 'takes' bit.

'chinese style?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'style?' could be 'do' (both can refer to a hair style or hair do) and 'do' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Another definition for writes down that I've seen is " Notes".)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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