照猫画虎

zhào māo huà hǔ

Definitions

1. lit. drawing a tiger using a cat as a model (idiom); fig. to follow a model and get things more or less right but without capturing the spirit of the subject
2. uninspired imitation

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Child Words of 照猫画虎

according to

tiger

cat

to draw