照葫蘆畫瓢
zhào​hú​lu​huà​piáo

to copy slavishly

  • created reference approved 照葫芦画瓢/照葫蘆畫瓢 → 依样画葫芦/依樣畫葫蘆 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    照葫芦画瓢 / 照葫蘆畫瓢 zhào​hú​lu​huà​piáo

    依样画葫芦 / 依樣畫葫蘆 yī​yàng​huà​hú​lu

    synonym

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

    created reference

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

    照葫芦画瓢 / 照葫蘆畫瓢

    zhào​hú​lu​huà​piáo

    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.

    照 (literal) → 照 · zhào · 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

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