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[照貓畫虎] zhàomāohuàhǔ 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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        zhàopiàn, photograph/picture/CL:張|张[zhāng],套[tào],幅[fú]
        zhàogu, [照顧], to take care of/to show consideration/to attend to/to look after
        zhào, [炤], variant of 照[zhào]/to shine/to illuminate, according to/in accordance with/to sh...
        ànzhào, according to/in accordance with/in the light of/on the basis of
        pāizhào, to take a picture
        zhàokàn, to look after/to attend to/to have in care
        hùzhào, [護照], passport/CL:本[běn],個|个[gè]
        zhízhào, [執照], license/permit
        jiàzhào, [駕照], driver's license
        zhàoxiàng, to take a photograph
        guānzhào, [關照], to take care/to keep an eye on/to look after/to tell/to remind
        zhàoxiàngjī, [照相機], camera/CL:個|个[gè],架[jià],部[bù],台[tái],隻|只[zhī]
        
        zhàoliào, to tend/to take care of sb
        páizhào, (business) licence/vehicle licence/car registration/licence plate
        zhàobàn, [照辦], to follow the rules/to do as instructed/to play by the book/to comply with a req...
        zhàoyàng, [照樣], as before/(same) as usual/in the same manner/still/nevertheless
        zhàoliàng, to illuminate/to light up/lighting
        yīzhào, according to/in light of
耀         zhàoyào, to shine/to illuminate
        
        zhàocháng, as usual
        
        zūnzhào, in accordance with/to follow (the rules)
        zhàomíng, lighting/illumination
        zhàoshè, to shine on/to light up/to irradiate
        zhàojiù, [照舊], as before/as in the past
        zhàoyìng/zhàoying, [照應], to correlate with/to correspond to, to look after/to take care of/to attend to
        cānzhào, [參照], to consult a reference/to refer to (another document)
        duìzhào, [對照], to contrast/to compare/to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts)/...
        guāngzhào, illumination
        kuàizhào, snapshot/photo
        xiězhào, [寫照], portrayal
        pǔzhào, (of the sunlight) to bathe all things/to shine gloriously
        zhàoxiàngguǎn, [照相館], photo studio
        zhàoguǎn, to look after/to provide for
        jìnzhào, recent photo
        
        
        
        zhàobān, to copy/to imitate
        zhàolì, as a rule/as usual/usually
        xīnzhàobùxuān, a tacit mutual understanding
        zhàomíngdàn, [照明彈], flare/star shell
        zhàohuì, [照會], a diplomatic note/letter of understanding or concern exchanged between governmen...
        zhàolǐ, according to reason/usually/in the normal course of events/to attend to
        zhàoběnxuānkē, a wooden word-by-word reading
        
        bǐzhào, according to/in the light of/contrast
仿         fǎngzhào, to imitate
        tànzhàodēng, [探照燈], searchlight
        jùzhào, [劇照], photo taken during a theatrical production/a still (from a movie)
        zhàozhí, directly/straight/straight ahead/straightforward
        zhàomiàn, to meet face-to-face
        yìngzhào, to shine upon/to reflect
        
        
        zhàochāo, to copy word for word
        Rìzhào/rìzhào, Rizhao prefecture level city in Shandong, sunshine
        
        
        zhàozhǔn, [照準], request granted (formal usage in old document)/to aim (gun)
        yànzhào, [艷照], nude picture
        
        zhàoshuō, [照說], normally/ordinarily speaking
        fúzhào, [輻照], irradiation
        
        yízhào, [遺照], picture of the deceased
        cānzhàoxì, [參照系], frame of reference/coordinate frame (math.)
        
        
        zhàofā, [照發], approved for distribution/to provide (wages etc) as usual (e.g. while an employe...
        zhàoyāojìng, [照妖鏡], magic mirror for revealing goblins/fig. way of seeing through a conspiracy
        zhàohúluhuàpiáo, [照葫蘆畫瓢], lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom)/fig. to copy slavishly
        
        
        
        duìzhàobiǎo, [對照表], comparison table
        zhèngzhào, [證照], professional certification/certificate/ID or passport photo
        
        
        
        
        
        hézhào, to pose for a photo
        
        
        
        
        xīzhào, glow of the setting sun
        
        
        

        māo, [貓], cat/CL:隻|只[zhī]/(dialect) to hide oneself/(coll.) modem
        xióngmāo, [熊貓], panda/CL:隻|只[zhī]
        māotóuyīng, [貓頭鷹], owl
        yěmāo, [野貓], wildcat/stray cat
        māonì, [貓膩], (coll.) something fishy/shenanigans
        shānmāo, [山貓], lynx/bobcat/leopard cat
        yèmāozi, [夜貓子], owl/(fig.) night owl
        dàxióngmāo, [大熊貓], giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
        xiǎoxióngmāo, [小熊貓], lesser panda/red panda/firefox
        māoyǎn, [貓眼], peephole/chrysoberyl
        Bōsīmāo, [波斯貓], Persian (cat)
        límāo, [狸貓], leopard cat/raccoon dog/palm civet
        língmāo, [靈貓], civet (arboreal cat)/viverrid (mammal group including mongoose and civet)
        māoxióng, [貓熊], see 熊貓|熊猫[xióng māo]
        máoyāo, [貓腰], to bend over

        huà, [畫], to draw/picture/painting/CL:幅[fú],張|张[zhāng]/classifier for paintings etc/varian...
        mànhuà, [漫畫], caricature/cartoon/Japanese manga
        huàmiàn, [畫面], scene/tableau/picture/image/screen (displayed by a computer)/(motion picture) fr...
        huàjiā, [畫家], painter/CL:個|个[gè]
        huàláng, [畫廊], gallery
        
        huàxiàng, [畫像], portrait/to do a portrait of sb
        dònghuàpiàn, [動畫片], animated film
        zhǐshǒuhuàjiǎo, [指手畫腳], to gesticulate while talking (idiom)/to explain by waving one's hands/to critici...
        huìhuà, [繪畫], drawing/painting
        yóuhuà, [油畫], oil painting
        dònghuà, [動畫], animation/cartoon
        túhuà, [圖畫], drawing/picture
        huàzuò, [畫作], painting/picture
        bìhuà, [壁畫], mural (painting)/fresco
        huàbù, [畫布], canvas (artist's painting surface)
        zuòhuà, [作畫], to paint
        mànhuàjiā, [漫畫家], cartoon writer (from Japanese mangaka)
        
        huàzhǎn, [畫展], art exhibition
        huàbào, [畫報], illustrated magazine/CL:本[běn],份[fèn],冊|册[cè],期[qī]
        liánhuánhuà, [連環畫], lianhuanhua (graphic novel)
        mínghuà, [名畫], famous painting
        huàcè, [畫冊], picture album
        huàwàiyīn, [畫外音], voice-over/background narration
        gōuhuà, [勾畫], to sketch out/to delineate
        huàkuàng, [畫框], picture frame
        
        chāhuà, [插畫], illustration
        huàbǐ, [畫筆], painting brush
        kèhuà, [刻畫], to portray
        huàtú, [畫圖], to draw designs, maps etc/picture (e.g. of life in the city)
        
        huàshì, [畫室], artist's studio/atelier
        
        
        huàshétiānzú, [畫蛇添足], lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfl...
        huàfēng, [畫風], painting style
        huàméi, [畫眉], to apply makeup to the eyebrows/(bird species of China) Chinese hwamei (Garrulax...
        zìhuàxiàng, [自畫像], self-portrait
        
        huàjuǎn, [畫卷], picture scroll
        bǐhuà, [筆畫], strokes of a Chinese character
        tiēhuà, [貼畫], pinup picture/poster
        
        
        xuānchuánhuà, [宣傳畫], propaganda poster/advertising hoarding
        huàfú, [畫幅], painting/picture/dimension of a painting
        bǎnhuà, [版畫], printmaking/a print
        miáohuà, [描畫], to draw/to describe
        huàjià, [畫架], easel/rack for painting
        
        
        
        huàyā, [畫押], to sign/to make one's mark
        shīqínghuàyì, [詩情畫意], picturesque charm/idyllic appeal/poetic grace
        huàlóngdiǎnjīng, [畫龍點睛], to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing t...
        shūhuà, [書畫], painting and calligraphy
        
        
        guǐhuàfú, [鬼畫符], undecipherable handwriting/scribblings/(fig.) hypocritical talk
        zìhuà, [字畫], the strokes of a character/calligraphy and painting
        cǎihuà, [彩畫], color painting
        
        
        shuǐcǎihuà, [水彩畫], watercolor/aquarelle
        
        huàfǎ, [畫法], painting technique/drawing method
        
        huàpí, [畫皮], painted skin (which transforms a monster into a beauty)
        zhàohúluhuàpiáo, [照葫蘆畫瓢], lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom)/fig. to copy slavishly
        huàdìwéiláo, [畫地為牢], lit. to be confined within a circle drawn on the ground (idiom)/fig. to confine ...
        huàbǐngchōngjī, [畫餅充飢], lit. to allay one's hunger using a picture of a cake/to feed on illusions (idiom...
        
        
        
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        diāoliánghuàdòng, [雕梁畫棟], richly ornamented (building)
        huàtán, [畫壇], painting world/painting circles
        
        
        
        
        
        
        shuǐmòhuà, [水墨畫], ink and wash painting
        bǐhua, [比畫], variant of 比劃|比划[bǐ hua]
        yánhuà, [巖畫], rock painting/picture or writing carved on rocks

        hǔ, tiger/CL:隻|只[zhī]
        lǎohǔ, tiger/CL:隻|只[zhī]
        měnghǔ, fierce tiger
        mǎhu, [馬虎], careless/sloppy/negligent/skimpy
        lǎohǔjī, [老虎機], slot machine
        Měizhōuhǔ, jaguar
        hǔshìdāndān, [虎視眈眈], to glare like a tiger watching his prey (idiom)/to eye covetously
        shēnglónghuóhǔ, [生龍活虎], lit. lively dragon and animated tiger (idiom)/fig. vigorous and lively
        mǎmahūhū, [馬馬虎虎], careless/casual/vague/not so bad/so-so/tolerable/fair
        lángtūnhǔyàn, [狼吞虎嚥], to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously/to gorge oneself
        hǔkǒu, tiger's den/dangerous place/the web between the thumb and forefinger of a hand
        
        mǔlǎohǔ, tigress/(fig.) fierce woman/vixen
        
        bìhǔ, gecko/house lizard
        
        
        hǔzǐ, tiger cub/brave young man
        lǎohǔqián, [老虎鉗], vise/pincer pliers
        
        lánlùhǔ, [攔路虎], stumbling block
        qíhǔnánxià, [騎虎難下], if you ride a tiger, it's hard to get off (idiom); fig. impossible to stop halfw...
        hǔtóushéwěi, [虎頭蛇尾], lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish
齿         jiànchǐhǔ, [劍齒虎], saber-toothed tiger
        
        
        
        zhǐlǎohǔ, [紙老虎], paper tiger
        
        hújiǎhǔwēi, lit. the fox exploits the tiger's might (idiom); fig. to use powerful connection...
        
        xiàomiànhǔ, man with a big smile and evil intentions
        rúlángsìhǔ, lit. like wolves and tigers/ruthless
        lóngzhēnghǔdòu, [龍爭虎鬥], lit. the dragon wars, the tiger battles (idiom); fierce battle between giants
        rúhǔtiānyì, lit. like a tiger that has grown wings/with redoubled power (idiom)
        Yǎhǔ, Yahoo, Internet portal
        
        
        fēihǔduì, [飛虎隊], Flying Tigers, US airmen in China during World War Two/Hong Kong nickname for po...
        
        
        Báihǔ, White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky)/(slang) hairless female genital...
        
        hǔyá, (coll.) eye tooth (maxillary canine tooth)
        
        
        
        
        lǎohǔdèng, tiger bench (torture method in which the victim sits with legs extended horizont...
        wèihǔzuòchāng, [為虎作倀], to act as accomplice to the tiger/to help a villain do evil (idiom)
        
        
        
        
        hǔgǔ, tiger bone (used in TCM)
        hǔqián, [虎鉗], vise
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        qiūlǎohǔ, hot spell during autumn/Indian summer
        
        
        
        
        lónghǔ, [龍虎], outstanding people/water and fire (in Daoist writing)
        
        
        
        
        hǔjiàng, [虎將], valiant general
        hǔnián, Year of the Tiger (e.g. 2010)
        
        
        Lùhǔ, Land Rover
        páshānhǔ, Boston ivy or Japanese creeper (Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
        tánhǔsèbiàn, [談虎色變], to turn pale at the mention of a tiger (idiom)/to be scared at the mere mention ...
        
        
        

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