依样画葫芦
Traditional form:
依樣畫葫蘆
Pinyin (reading):
yīyànghuàhúlu
Definitions:
- lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom)
- fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
Characters:
- 依 - to rely on; to consent, to obey; according to
- 样 - form, pattern, shape, style
- 画 - picture, painting, drawing; to draw
- 葫 - bottle-gourd
- 芦 - rushes, reeds
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