照葫芦画瓢

Traditional form:

照葫蘆畫瓢

Pinyin (reading):

zhàohúluhuàpiáo

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 照 - to shine, to reflect, to illuminate
• 葫 - bottle-gourd
• 芦 - rushes, reeds
• 画 - picture, painting, drawing; to draw
• 瓢 - a ladle made from a dried gourd

Traditional characters:

• 照 - to shine, to reflect, to illuminate
• 葫 - bottle-gourd
• 蘆 - rushes, reeds
• 畫 - picture, painting, drawing; to draw
• 瓢 - a ladle made from a dried gourd