依样画葫芦
yī​yàng​huà​hú​lu

to copy mechanically

  • created sense approved 依样画葫芦/依樣畫葫蘆 · yī​yàng​huà​hú​lu · to copy mechanically — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    依样画葫芦 / 依樣畫葫蘆

    yī​yàng​huà​hú​lu

    to copy mechanically

    Literally "to draw a gourd from a model"; means to copy something without any originality or to follow a pattern blindly.

    依 (literal) → 依 · yī · according to 样 (literal) → 样/樣 · yàng · pattern 画 (literal) → 画/畫 · huà · to draw 葫芦 (literal) → 葫芦/葫蘆 · hú​lu · bottle gourd

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense