照猫画虎 zhàomāohuàhǔ uninspired imitation Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 照猫画虎 照貓畫虎 zhàomāohuàhǔ uninspired imitation To follow a model or copy something mechanically without capturing its essence or spirit; literally "to draw a tiger using a cat as a model" Frequency Written text 0.076 per million Cross-References Synonym 如法炮制 rúfǎpáozhì Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
照猫画虎 照貓畫虎 zhàomāohuàhǔ uninspired imitation To follow a model or copy something mechanically without capturing its essence or spirit; literally "to draw a tiger using a cat as a model" Frequency Written text 0.076 per million Cross-References Synonym 如法炮制 rúfǎpáozhì Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
