zhào hú lu huà piáo

Traditional: 照葫蘆畫瓢

照葫芦画瓢 (zhào hú lu huà piáo) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom); fig. to copy slavishly”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom)
  2. 2fig. to copy slavishly

Characters in 照葫芦画瓢

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