照猫画虎
Traditional: 照貓畫虎Dictionary entry
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
What does 照猫画虎 mean?
照猫画虎 (zhào māo huà hǔ) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. 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
2uninspired imitation
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