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照葫芦画瓢

zhào hú lu huà piáo
Rare

Definitions

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

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Child Words of 照葫芦画瓢

照
zhào

according to

瓢
piáo

dipper

葫
hú

Allium scorodoprasum

葫芦
hú lu

calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria)

芦
lú

rush

画
huà

to draw