打灯笼搬石头,照搬打燈籠搬石頭,照搬打燈籠搬石頭,照搬

carrying stones by lantern light: shining on it, moving it

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: To follow rules or others' methods exactly, without adapting. Often mildly critical.
Wordplay: 搬 (bān) is written for 办 (bàn), so 照搬 'move it by the light' sounds like 照办 'do as instructed'.

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Simplified: 打灯笼搬石头,照搬
Traditional (Taiwan): 打燈籠搬石頭,照搬
Pinyin: dǎdēnglóng bān shítou,zhàobān
Bopomofo: ㄉㄚˇ ㄉㄥㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄅㄢㄕˊ ˙ㄊㄡ,ㄓㄠˋ ㄅㄢ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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