照貓畫虎

Simplified: 照猫画虎

zhàomāohuàhǔ ㄓㄠˋ ㄇㄠ ㄏㄨㄚˋ ㄏㄨˇ

    • 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

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