依葫芦画瓢
yī​hú​lu​huà​piáo

to copy mechanically

  • created sense approved 依葫芦画瓢/依葫蘆畫瓢 · yī​hú​lu​huà​piáo · to copy mechanically — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    依葫芦画瓢 / 依葫蘆畫瓢

    yī​hú​lu​huà​piáo

    to copy mechanically

    to follow an existing pattern without modification; to copy blindly or apply old knowledge to new situations

    依 (literal) → 依 · yī · according to 葫芦 (literal) → 葫芦/葫蘆 · hú​lu · bottle gourd 画 (literal) → 画/畫 · huà · to draw 瓢 (literal) → 瓢 · piáo · dipper

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

    created sense