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依样画葫芦
yī yàng huà hú lu
What 依样画葫芦 means
- lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom)
- fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality
The characters in 依样画葫芦
- 依yīto depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to
- 样yàngmanner; pattern; way
- 画huàto draw; to paint; picture; painting; to draw (a line) (variant of 划
- 葫húused in 葫芦
- 芦lúrush; reed; Phragmites communis
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