照猫画虎
zhào​māo​huà​hǔ

uninspired imitation

  • created reference approved 照猫画虎/照貓畫虎 → 如法炮制/如法炮製 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    照猫画虎 / 照貓畫虎 zhào​māo​huà​hǔ

    如法炮制 / 如法炮製 rú​fǎ​páo​zhì

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 照猫画虎/照貓畫虎 · zhào​māo​huà​hǔ · uninspired imitation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    照猫画虎 / 照貓畫虎

    zhào​māo​huà​hǔ

    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"

    照 (literal) → 照 · zhào · according to 猫 (literal) → 猫/貓 · māo · cat 画 (literal) → 画/畫 · huà · to draw 虎 (literal) → 虎 · hǔ · tiger

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

    created sense