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照貓畫虎 (ziu3 maau1 waak6 fu2) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

照貓畫虎 (ziu3 maau1 waak6 fu2, zhào māo huà hǔ) — 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

Classifier

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 照X光 (ziu3 ik1 si4 gwong1) — (verb) to take an X-ray [written and colloquial]
• 照住 (ziu3 zyu6) — take care of (spoken)
• 照單執藥 (ziu3 daan1 zap1 joek6) — pack according to list
• 照我所知 (ziu3 ngo5 so2 zi1) — as far as I know; from what I can tell; to the best of my knowledge
• 照明燈 (ziu3 ming4 dang1) — headlamp; spotlight; floodlight; jacklamp
• 照板煮碗 (ziu3 baan2 zyu2 wun2) — copy from previous success with no originality (slang)

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