yī hú lu huà piáo

Traditional: 依葫蘆畫瓢

依葫芦画瓢 (yī hú lu huà piáo) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom); fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification

Characters in 依葫芦画瓢

依yī · to depend on葫hú · used in 葫蘆|葫芦[hu2 lu5]芦lú · rush画huà · to draw; to paint瓢piáo · dipper

Related words

画to draw; to paint依然still; as before漫画caricature依靠to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on画面scene依to depend on依赖to depend on; to be dependent on画家painter画廊art gallery画画to draw; to paint依旧as before; still依据according to

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