写照 (寫照)
xiě zhào
Pinyin
Definition
写照 (寫照)
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- portrayal
Character Decomposition
Idioms (6)
予以照顾
- 1 to ask sb to carefully consider a request (idiom)
照葫芦画瓢
- 1 lit. to draw a dipper with a gourd as a model (idiom)
- 2 fig. to copy slavishly
照猫画虎
- 1 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 uninspired imitation
福星高照
- 1 lucky star in the ascendant (idiom); a lucky sign
肝胆相照
- 1 to treat one another with absolute sincerity (idiom); to show total devotion