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): ㄧㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄨˊ ˙ㄌㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ji¹ joeng⁶ waak⁶ wu⁴ lou⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: yīyàng huà húlu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄧㄤˋ 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

(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

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