照耀
zhào yào
Pinyin
Definition
照耀
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- to shine
- to illuminate
Character Decomposition
Idioms (9)
予以照顾
- 1 to ask sb to carefully consider a request (idiom)
光耀门楣
- 1 splendor shines on the family's door (idiom)
- 2 fig. to bring honor to one's family
荣宗耀祖
- 1 to bring honor to one's ancestors (idiom)
- 2 also written 光宗耀祖
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