依樣畫葫蘆

lit. to draw a gourd from the model (idiom) / fig. to copy sth mechanically without attempt at originality

Characters and words in 依樣畫葫蘆

to depend on / to comply with or listen to sb / according to / in the light of

= + : Maud Younger and Rosa Luxemburg have been stranded in front of the space station. They both depend on a single kilt to keep them warm.
manner / pattern / way / appearance / shape / classifier: kind, type

= + : Maud Younger finds a sheep painting the walls in the anglepod's bathroom. The sheep is painting the walls with a pattern of Christmas trees. Intoxicated by the pattern's appearance, she almost believes herself to stand in the middle of a mystical forest.
to draw / picture / painting / CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1] / classifier for paintings etc / variant of 劃|划[hua4]

= + + : Helga Horse (hu) decided to make the ashram's bathroom (a4) more beautiful, so she paints (画) her favourite field (田) on the wall using a flute (一). She doesn't watch out for the receptacles (凵) though, and gets shocked as her flute gets stuck in one of them.
Allium scorodoprasum / bottle gourd

= + : Helga Horse (hu) is growing bottle gourd (葫) on a sheet of artificial lawn (艹) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). For Halloween she decorates the plants with Confucius-style beards (胡).
calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house
rush / reed / Phragmites communis

= + : Lenny Lemur (lu) is growing reed (芦) just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). His garden has a nice wooden swinging door (户) and the soil consists of shredded artificial lawn (艹).

Words with 依樣畫葫蘆

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Sentences with 依樣畫葫蘆

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