照葫蘆畫瓢

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

Character by character

• 照(zhào)according to
• 葫(hú)
• 蘆(lu)rush
• 畫(huà)draw
• 瓢(piáo)dipper