Dictionary/照猫画虎

照猫画虎 照貓畫虎

zhào māo huà hǔ

ㄓㄠˋ ㄇㄠ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄨˇ
Idiom
1uninspired imitation
2lit. 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

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