- 昭(bright; radiant)ASSOCIATIVE
- 灬(fire (variant))RADICAL
Fire bursts into bright flame, illuminating everywhere with brilliant light.
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照猫画虎
照猫画虎
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
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
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
- ，。
We cannot simply imitate superficially; we must innovate.
- 貳动verb
uninspired imitation
- 。
We cannot mechanically imitate without understanding the essence.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 犭(dog)RADICAL
- 苗(sprout; seedling)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A cat stalks prey like a hunter among young sprouting plants.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(horizontal stroke; line; border)ASSOCIATIVE
- 凵(frame; outline)ASSOCIATIVE
- 田(field; square)ASSOCIATIVE
Drawing a picture means using pen strokes to sketch a frame and then fill in each square like a rice paddy field.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 虍(tiger head (radical))RADICAL
- 几(small table; kneeling leg)ASSOCIATIVE
A tiger in majestic pose crouches on a low table, ready to pounce on its prey.
照猫画虎
Traditional照貓畫虎
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
2 meanings
MEANING2 meanings
MEANING
- 壹动verb
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
- ，。
We cannot simply imitate superficially; we must innovate.
- 貳动verb
uninspired imitation
- 。
We cannot mechanically imitate without understanding the essence.
STROKE ORDER
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解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 昭(bright; radiant)ASSOCIATIVE
- 灬(fire (variant))RADICAL
Fire bursts into bright flame, illuminating everywhere with brilliant light.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 犭(dog)RADICAL
- 苗(sprout; seedling)PHONO-SEMANTIC
A cat stalks prey like a hunter among young sprouting plants.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 一(horizontal stroke; line; border)ASSOCIATIVE
- 凵(frame; outline)ASSOCIATIVE
- 田(field; square)ASSOCIATIVE
Drawing a picture means using pen strokes to sketch a frame and then fill in each square like a rice paddy field.
解字
CHARACTER ANALYSIS- 虍(tiger head (radical))RADICAL
- 几(small table; kneeling leg)ASSOCIATIVE
A tiger in majestic pose crouches on a low table, ready to pounce on its prey.
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