照猫画虎
Traditional form:
照貓畫虎
Pinyin (reading):
zhàomāohuàhǔ
Definitions:
- 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
- uninspired imitation
Characters:
- 照 - to shine, to reflect, to illuminate
- 猫 - cat
- 画 - picture, painting, drawing; to draw
- 虎 - tiger; brave, fierce; surname
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