照 照
猫 貓
画 畫
虎 虎
- 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
- uninspired imitation
Info
- Wiktionary: 照猫画虎
- MDBG: 照猫画虎
- Examples with 照猫画虎 on Tatoeba
- Tags: chengyu