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依樣畫葫蘆

ji1 joeng6 waak6 wu4 lou4

yi1 yang4 hua4 hu2 lu5

copy mechanically

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

依樣畫葫蘆

This word was added by bybell on 21st Dec 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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依 ji1 yi1 yi3 yi2 - to depend on; to lean to; to follow
樣 joeng6 joeng6*2 yang4 - shape; sample; type
畫 waak6 waa6*2 waa6 hua4 - draw; painting, picture
葫 wu4 hu1 hu2 - the bottle-gourd; the calabash
蘆 lou4 luo2 lu3 lu2 {lu5} | lu5 {luo2 - [1] [n] rushes; reeds [2] [n] gourds

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