依樣畫葫蘆

Chinese

		according to; depend on; near to according to; depend on; near to; (Eastern Min) kinship prefix	manner; pattern; way manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape	draw; picture; painting	bottle gourd; calabash; person that can drink a large amount of water
trad. (依樣畫葫蘆)		依	樣	畫	葫蘆
simp. (依样画葫芦)		依	样	画	葫芦
Literally: “to draw a gourd from the model”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yīyàng huà húlu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧ ㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ joeng⁶ waak⁶ wu⁴ lou⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yīyàng huà húlu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧ ㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yiyàng huà húlů
    • Wade–Giles: i¹-yang⁴ hua⁴ hu²-lu⁵
    • Yale: yī-yàng hwà hú-lu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iyanq huah hwu.lu
    • Palladius: иян хуа хулу (ijan xua xulu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /i⁵⁵ jɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹ xu³⁵ lu³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ji¹ joeng⁶ waak⁶ wu⁴ lou⁴
    • Yale: yī yeuhng waahk wùh lòuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji¹ joeng⁶ waak⁹ wu⁴ lou⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi¹ yêng⁶ wag⁶ wu⁴ lou⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː⁵⁵ jœːŋ²² waːk̚² wuː²¹ lou̯²¹/

Idiom

依樣畫葫蘆

1. (figurative) to copy something mechanically without attempt at originality

Synonyms

• 照葫蘆畫瓢／照葫芦画瓢 (zhào húlu huà piáo)
• 照貓畫虎／照猫画虎 (zhàomāohuàhǔ)
• (Cantonese) 照板煮碗