照葫芦画瓢

lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom) / fig. to copy slavishly

variant of 照[zhao4] / to shine / to illuminate

according to / in accordance with / to shine / to illuminate / to reflect / to look at (one's reflection) / to take (a photo) / photo / as requested / as before

Allium scorodoprasum / bottle gourd

calabash or bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria) / hoist / generic term for block and tackle (or parts thereof) / muddled / (poker) full house

rush / reed / Phragmites communis

to draw / picture / painting / CL:幅[fu2],張|张[zhang1] / classifier for paintings etc / variant of 劃|划[hua4]

dipper / ladle