照葫芦画瓢 zhàohúluhuàpiáo to copy slavishly Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 照葫芦画瓢 照葫蘆畫瓢 zhàohúluhuàpiáo to copy slavishly Literally meaning to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model; refers to copying or imitating something mechanically without any creativity of one's own. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.093 per million Cross-References Synonym 依样画葫芦 yīyànghuàhúlu Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
照葫芦画瓢 照葫蘆畫瓢 zhàohúluhuàpiáo to copy slavishly Literally meaning to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model; refers to copying or imitating something mechanically without any creativity of one's own. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.060 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.093 per million Cross-References Synonym 依样画葫芦 yīyànghuàhúlu Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
