依葫芦画瓢

依
依
葫
葫
芦
蘆
画
畫
瓢
瓢
lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as one's model (idiom) / fig. to follow the existing pattern without modification

Characters and words in 依葫芦画瓢

依
yi̅ = y + Ø1
to depend on / to comply with or listen to sb / according to / in the light of
依 = 亻 + 衣 : 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.
葫
hú = hu + Ø2
Allium scorodoprasum / bottle gourd
葫 = 艹 + 胡 : 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).
葫
葫
芦
蘆
calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house
芦
蘆
lú = lu + Ø2
rush / reed / Phragmites communis
芦 = 艹 + 户 : 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).
画
畫
huà = hu + a4
to draw / picture / painting / CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1] / classifier for paintings etc / variant of 劃|划[hua4]
画 = 一 + 田 + 凵 : 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.
瓢
piáo = pi + ao2
dipper / ladle

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